Can a bad SATA-USB 3.0 controller kill a hard drive?

Question

Hard disks

I want to buy a case for 2.5 HDD.
I saw reviews on some controllers, they say after a while the hard drive died.
In your practice, has it ever happened when you can definitely say that the controller has disabled the hard drive?
Maybe people drop the box with the disc, and then they throw it on the controller.

Answer 1

Probably a hundred of all kinds of boxes for HDD passed through my hands and most of them were actively used, there has never been such a problem.
For HDD, the main problem is power and falling

Answer 2

From experience I have seen, repaired and replaced more controllers themselves than disks.
There was one case with a suspected controller, but six months later, when the owner had already replaced the box and nevertheless decided to check, it turned out that there was something like a short circuit and the voltage went to the data line, but only the "protective resistor" burned out, the replacement of which cured the disk controller.

Answer 3

purely power throws if only
but there are fuses that change