Yes there was this one as an example
160784 B Second TFA-18A (later designated FA-18B). McDonnell Douglas, crashed 8 Sep 1980 Mildenhall Royal Air Force, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, UK near Farnborough after engine failure. MD pilots Jack Krings and Gary Post ejected safely.
They had a big TV request on the news and offered locals and local schoolchildren a reward for any parts of the turbines found and managed to recover most of it to find out what went wrong