SHORTS 360 ABORTS TKOF WHEN ENG FLAMES OUT. DURING ABORT; SECOND ENG FOLLOWS SUIT.

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ON THE TKOF ROLL AS THE PWR LEVERS WERE ADVANCED THROUGH 2000 LBS TORQUE AND AS THE AIRSPD WAS JUST COMING ALIVE (AT ABOUT 40-50 KTS); THE #1 ENG FLAMED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED THE ABORT BY RETARDING THE PWR LEVERS; AND DURING THIS ACTION THE #2 ENG FLAMED OUT AS WELL. THE ABORT PROCESS WAS CONTINUED NORMALLY; AND THE ACFT WAS SECURED. THE CAPT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NO EVAC WAS NECESSARY. THE ACFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE GATE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAUSE IS YET UNKNOWN TO THE CREW. ALL RUN-UPS AND CHKLISTS HAD CHKED GOOD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE ACFT WAS A SHORTS 360; A HIGH WINGED TURBO PROP COMMUTER. IT HAD BEEN SITTING ON THE RAMP FOR 3 DAYS AND HAD SUFFERED EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS; SNOW AND RAIN; FOR THE 2 DAYS PRIOR BUT HAD BEEN DEICED THAT MORNING. THE CAUSE OF THE ENG FAILURES ON TKOF WAS THAT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SLUSH THAT WAS FOUND IN THE ENG'S INTAKE MANIFOLD. EVIDENTLY; THE LOWER PWR DURING START AND TAXI DID NOT AFFECT THE AIR REQUIREMENTS UNTIL THE TKOF PWR WAS SET. SEVERAL YRS AGO THIS ACR HAD EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES WITH FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE; THAT OF INGESTING THE ENG AIR INTAKE COVERS WHEN THEY WEREN'T REMOVED PRIOR TO ENG START. AS A RESULT; THE ACR STARTED TO KEEP THEM OFF AT ALL TIMES; UNTIL THIS EVENT OCCURRED. NOW THE ACR IS BACK TO USING THE COVERS AND WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE OLD PROB OF FOREIGN OBJECT INGESTION. THE ACFT BEING A HIGH WING KEPT THE FLC FROM ACCURATELY ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF THE AIR INTAKES FROM THE GND.