This document is an English translation of the Preliminary Report on the fatal accident involving the Boeing 747-412F aircraft registered TC-MCL that occurred on January 16, 2017 at Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. On 16 January 2017, the crew of a Boeing 747-400F failed to successfully complete a night auto-ILS Cat 2 approach at Bishkek and the aircraft crashed and caught fire. The 4 occupants and 35 others on the ground were killed and another 37 on the ground seriously injured. The ongoing investigation has found that although the ILS localiser was captured and tracked normally, the aircraft remained above the glideslope throughout and flew overhead the runway before crashing just beyond it after initiation of a go around at MDH was delayed. No evidence of relevant airworthiness issues has yet been found.