However, on that day, the Uzhhorod Airport was unable to receive aircraft due to its runway being in unsatisfactory technical condition, leading planes to land at the nearby military Mukachevo Airfield.

At 15:09, the crew reported passing the waypoint Vysoke at 2,400 meters and subsequently switched communication to the Mukachevo airfield controller, continuing the flight at approximately 400 km/h.

As the aircraft proceeded to the fourth turn at 310 km/h, the pilots extended the flaps to the landing position, after which the speed dropped by 45 km/h over 50 seconds.

When the aircraft completed the fourth turn at around 15:24 and aligned with the landing course, the engine power was reduced, and the flaps were fully extended.

The pilots tried to recover, but at 15:25, the inverted An-24, descending at a 70° angle, severed wires on wooden poles 100 meters past the outer marker, then crashed into a dirt road on a field, completely destroyed, and burned.

The cause of the accident was a loss of longitudinal control on the final approach due to a possible insufficient margin of attack angles of the horizontal stabilizer in the landing configuration with flaps extended to 38° in light icing conditions.