Date:	Friday 9 August 1985
Time:	10:55 LT
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Heli Linth AG
Registration:	HB-XPG
MSN:	1841
Year of manufacture:	1985
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Diesbach, Canton of Glarus -   Switzerland
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Diesbach, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland
Destination airport:	Diesbach, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland
Investigating agency:	BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Ex-F-WYMC, F-GGAR. First registered in Switzerland 23.5.85. Written off 9.8.85: Tail rotor struck a crane and crashed on a heap of wood at Diesbach, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland (at approximate co-ordinates 46°55′N, 9°03′E). The pilot escaped uninjured, but the helicopter was destroyed. Registration HB-XPG cancelled 27.1.86.

1. Aviation News 4-17 Oct. 1985
2. http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1193.pdf
3. http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xpg.htm
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=19993
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=801&count=50]
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesbach

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Sep-2009 10:47	harro	Added
20-Dec-2010 08:44	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Jun-2014 01:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]