I think the lack of root growth generally could be down to the poor quality soil and the high levels of compaction at the surface, you might be right about the sandy base it likely it was fill of some sort but probably brought from the creek bed not too far away.
You're right very few ficus failures, though have seen bengalensis (banyan) loss sections after years of abusive lopping and removal of prop roots cause they're in the way!!!
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