[1] The aircraft was scheduled to perform a regular passenger flight 105 from Magadan to Khabarovsk with intermediate stops in Okhotsk and Nikolaevsk-on-Amur.

The region was experiencing calm weather at the time, with the sky covered by stratiform rain clouds at a lower boundary of 400 meters, snow was falling, the air temperature was 2.2 °C, and visibility was up to 2 kilometers.

The front part of the fuselage up to the 21st frame was destroyed upon impact, resulting in the deaths of all crew members and 17 passengers (12 adults and 5 children), a total of 22 people.

When the crew submitted the flight assignment without load, refueling, and takeoff weight calculations, the airport dispatcher signed it.

The main cause of the accident, according to the investigative commission, was the lack of basic order in flight management at Magadan airport.