Originally Posted by
tdracer
Going from memory here, but IIRC the compressor bleeds became plugged with the massive amount of ice - which then lead to the compressor stalls when they tried to accel the engines.
Good memory!
Here's the NTSB report:
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ts/AAR7803.pdf
Years ago I sat through Archie Trammell's analysis of this 1977 mishap and the role of weather radar in the decision to penetrate the line of storms.