COMMUTER HAS ENG FAILURE. SHUT DOWN; RETURN; LAND.

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WHILE ENRTE FROM SYR TO ALB; AS PF; WE HAD A FAILURE OF THE L ENG. THIS WAS AFTER WE WERE LEVEL AT 9000 FT PROCEEDING DIRECT TO ALB. THIS WAS EVIDENCE BY A PWR SURGE AND THEN ZERO TORQUE. AFTER THIS I ASKED THE CAPT TO CONFIRM FAILURE OF THE L ENG AND TO SET MAX PWR ON THE REMAINING ENG; PER COMPANY PROCS. WE THEN PERFORMED MEMORY ITEMS OF THE CHKLIST THROUGH BRINGING THE PWR LEVER OF THE AFFECTED ENG TO FLT IDLE. WE DISCUSSED FOR APPROX 30 SECONDS ON WHETHER WE COULD EFFECT A RESTART OF THE ENG. WE DECIDED NOT TO DUE TO INDICATIONS THAT IT WAS NOT TURNING INTERNALLY (NO OIL PRESSURE AND FUEL PRESSURE) AND CONTINUED THROUGH TO COMPLETE THE MEMORY ITEMS OF THE CHKLIST. I ASKED THE CAPT TO AND HE INFORMED GRIFFISS APCH OF OUR SITUATION. WE WERE THEN TURNED L BACK TO THE SYRACUSE ARPT. I THEN HANDED THE ACFT OVER TO THE CAPT AND THEN WE COMPLETED THE CLEANUP CHKLIST. AS WE HAD A COMPANY PLT AS A NON-REVENUE PAX; THE CAPT ASKED HIM TO PLEASE BRIEF THE PAX. I THEN BRIEFED SYRACUSE APCH ON THE NUMBER OF PAX; FUEL ON BOARD AND ACFT CONDITION. DURING THE LET DOWN TO SYRACUSE THE CAPT AND I DISCUSSED OUR SITUATION AND OPTIONS. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO FLY THE ILS 28; COMPLETE THE SINGLE ENG LNDG CHKLIST AND LAND. AS THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS TO THE CONTRARY (E.G. FIRE WARNING); WE UNEVENTFULLY TAXIED TO OUR GATE. LESSONS LEARNED. 1) NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOOD TRAINING. AS THIS WAS BOTH MINE AND THE CAPT'S FIRST IN FLT ENG FAILURE; OUR FAMILIARITY WITH COMPANY PROCS AND CHKLISTS HELPED TO GUIDE US INTO THE CORRECT ACTIONS. ADDITIONALLY; AS I HAD JUST BEEN IN THE SIMULATOR 1 MONTH AGO; MY PROCS WERE CURRENT. 2) OPEN COMS BTWN THE CAPT AND MYSELF HELPED TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. FOR EXAMPLE; WHEN I QUERIED THE CAPT ON WHETHER WE SHOULD GO TO THE NEAREST ARPT (USC) OR BACK TO SYRACUSE; WE LOOKED OVER THE WX AND FOUND THAT THE ADDITIONAL 12-15 MIN WERE WELL WORTH IT WHEN THE WX WAS ANALYZED. 3) I BELIEVE THAT CAPT SHOWED EXCELLENT COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT. WHEN THE ENG FIRST SHUT DOWN HE DIDN'T GRAB THE CTLS; BUT RATHER WENT WITH COMPANY PROCS AND PERMITTED THE FLYING PLT TO STAY WITH THE AIRPLANE UNTIL THE SITUATION WAS STABLE. ADDITIONALLY; HE RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF OUR NON-REVENUE PLT; AND USED HIM TO HANDLE CABIN RESPONSIBILITIES. AS OUR ACFT HAS NOT FLT ATTENDANT; THIS TOOK A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK OFF OF US. NOT MUCH TO SAY THAT WAS NEGATIVE; BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SUBMITTING THIS RPT. IT SHOWS THAT PROPER TRAINING AND CREW COORDINATION DOES WORK TO LEAD TO SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF INFLT EMER.