It was handed over to the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the USSR under registration number CCCP-46472.

It was sent to the Samarkand United Detachment of the Civil Aviation Administration of Uzbekistan until August 18.

Following a wrong approach configuration, the crew passed over the runway threshold at a height of 30 meters and an excessive speed of 350 km/h.

Rather than initiating a go-around procedure, the pilot-in-command continued and the aircraft landed 710 meters past the runway threshold.

Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran at a speed of 225 km/h, lost its undercarriage then slid for about 317 meters and eventually collided with concrete blocks (2 meters high), bursting into flames.