CAPT OF AN SMT TWIN TURBO PROP ACR FRTR ACFT CONTINUED ON TO DEST AFTER HAVING 1 ENG FLAME OUT AFTER TKOF AND RESTARTING THE ENG.

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THIS WAS THE FIRST FLT IN THE ACFT FOLLOWING A BLIZZARD. ON PREFLT; I PULLED THE L ENG INLET PLUG AND SCOOPED OUT THE SNOW PACKED IN FRONT OF IT. THE COPLT TOOK CARE OF THE R SIDE. FOLLOWING ENG START; WE SAT A FEW MINS FOR OIL TEMPS AND THEN TAXIED OUT AND DID THE RUNUP. EVERYTHING CHKED NORMAL. ON TKOF; THE L ENG FLAMED OUT AT APPROX 200 FT. WE IDENTED THE FAILED ENG (THE AUTO FEATHER HAD ALREADY DONE ITS JOB); CLBED RWY HDG TO 500 FT; TURNED XWIND AND RAN CHKLISTS. NO ABNORMALITIES HAD BEEN OBSERVED PRIOR TO THE ENG FAILURE SO WE SUSPECTED SNOW HAD FLAMED OUT THE ENG. WE ATTEMPTED A RESTART WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE ENG RAN FINE. AT THAT POINT; BEING OVER LNDG WT WITH 2 NORMALLY OPERATING ENGS AND NO PAX IN BACK; I MADE THE DECISION TO CONTINUE OR RATHER FAILED TO DECIDE TO RETURN TO THE DEP ARPT. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS NORMAL ON THIS 2-HR FLT. WE FLEW THE ACFT ON 2 MORE FLTS BEFORE I RPTED THE ENG FAILURE TO THE CHIEF PLT THE NEXT MORNING. AFTER ONE MORE FLT; BOTH THE ACFT AND MYSELF WERE GNDED. AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL ENG FAILURE GOES; HAVING MAINT OPEN UP THE NACELLES PRIOR TO FLT FOLLOWING THE BLIZZARD WOULD HAVE PROBABLY PREVENTED THE PROB. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION HAS REVEALED NO MECHANICAL OR FUEL PROB.