MickK said
Having the tail fall off is not good, even worse when it happens more than once.
I remember the Nomad at ARDU that lost its tailplane.
"Crash" Donovon the PIC
The accident report highlighted the many hours of ground runs at high power as a probable cause of the fatigue.
Can not find a reference to another failure.
Worked on these for a couple of years at Oakey, N22 with premod Prop reduction gearboxes. Three pinnion planetary gears, was able to produce a lot of metal in a very short time.