Do you have some data for this statement? (in the US, post FDIC deposit era)
Because even when a bank fails, there is usually more than enough to cover depositors, and what the FDIC does is arrange for the bank to be taken over by a healthy bank, with the deposits migrated (but equity and bondholders can take a bath). E.g. no depositor lost a penny in the financial crisis of 2008 -- which was the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression -- even if they had money in excess of the limits. However it's quite unusual to have money in excess of the limit -- if you have that much, you wont keep it as a deposit, you'll hold some government guaranteed bonds like agencies or treasuries. It is extremely poor cash management for an individual to have more than 200K in a demand deposit account when they can be earning more with government guaranteed bonds that are just as liquid as cash. You can even open an account with Treasury Direct.
No depositor has lost a penny in an FDIC insured account (even with total balances above the insurance limit) ever since the FDIC has existed.
Even a single example would do.