Not had one go in the hover,but about 50-60 knots in formation climb;whole tail-rotor and gearbox departed,about 90 deg yaw,and the stick on the back stop,as the C of G was now over the nose as well.Entered auto,then chopped the engine and eol`d into a clearing.Aircraft was lifted out by Belvedere,bits of t/r were found,caused by a fatigue crack in the t/r blade spindle.New g/box and t/r replaced,aircraft flew again a couple of weeks later.
Few pics in `Rotorheads around...cockpit views(not video),p15...
A couple of days later an American Flight Safety magazine turned up with an article about`How to handle a tail-rotor failure`.....