AIR TAXI HITS RWY LIGHTS ON TKOF ROLL. ABORTS; TAXIES BACK AND DEPARTS.

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I WAS TAXIING SW ON Y FROM FBO TO RWY 4R AND WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY TAXIING BECAUSE MY TAXI LIGHT WAS INOP AND MY LNDG LIGHT WAS AIMED SO HIGH THAT IT WAS USELESS FOR TAXIING. I WAS SLOWLY FOLLOWING THE YELLOW LINE WHICH WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY FADED. I STOPPED AT THE HOLD SHORT LINES FOR RWY 4R ON SIERRA AND THERE WERE NO TAXI LIGHTS AT THE N SIDE OF SIERRA AT THE INTXN OF RWY 4R. I WAS GIVEN A TKOF CLRNC AND FOLLOWED THE YELLOW LINE ONTO WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE THE RWY 4R CTRLINE AND CTRLINE LIGHTS. ON THE TKOF ROLL I HEARD AN EXPLOSION FROM THE R SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE AND IMMEDIATELY ABORTED THE TKOF. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE CABIN DOOR HAD COME OPEN; BUT I CHKED IT AND IT WAS SECURE. I TOLD TWR THAT I WAS ABORTING BECAUSE I HAD HIT SOMETHING. BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO TURN AROUND I HEARD A FEW MORE EXPLOSIONS. WHEN ASKED BY THE TWR WHAT MY INTENTIONS WERE; I RESPONDED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TAXI BACK FOR ANOTHER TKOF. I THOUGHT THAT THE SOUNDS THAT I WAS HEARING WERE THE R MAIN TIRE RUNNING OVER THE CTRLINE LIGHTS; THEN I REMEMBERED FROM LNDG ON RWY 22L 4 1/2 HRS EARLIER THAT THIS RWY HAS NO CTRLINE LIGHTS AND THAT I WAS RUNNING OVER THE RWY LIGHTS ON THE R SIDE OF THE RWY WITH THE R LNDG GEAR. I MADE AN IMMEDIATE L TURN AND ON TAXIING BACK TO RWY 4R; I CHKED THE R BRAKE AND DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE WAS NORMAL AND THAT THE TIRE HAD NOT BLOWN BECAUSE THE PLANE WAS NOT VEERING TO THE R. I DID NOT SHUT DOWN AND INSPECT THE AIRPLANE FOR DAMAGE BECAUSE I FELT THAT EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL AND BECAUSE IT WAS VERY LATE AND I DID NOT WANT TO CAUSE MY PAX ANY FURTHER ALARM OR DELAY. THE FLT TO CINCINNATI WAS UNEVENTFUL AND AFTER MY PAX LEFT I INSPECTED THE PLANE FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THAT IT WAS THE R PROP AND NOT THE GEAR THAT HAD DESTROYED THE RWY LIGHTS. BOTH TIPS ON THE R PROP HAD SEVERE NICKS AND CUTS IN THEM. THEY WERE BEYOND THE POINT OF BEING REPAIRED WITH A FILE. THE PROP DID NOT VIBRATE AT ALL IN FLT. MY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THIS INCIDENT ARE TO NOT DISPATCH AN ACFT WITH AN INOP TAXI LIGHT UNLESS THE LNDG LIGHT IS SUITABLE FOR TAXIING; TO HAVE THE ATIS OR GND CTLR ADVISE OF ANY INOP TAXI LIGHTS; TO REPAINT TAXIWAY STRIPES WITH REFLECTIVE PAINT BEFORE THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN BARELY SEE THEM AT NIGHT; AND ALSO TO HAVE TAXIWAY STRIPES JOIN THE RWY CTRLINE INSTEAD OF JOINING THE RWY SIDE STRIPES SUCH IS THE CASE ON RWY 4R AND S AT MIDWAY. ANY ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS IN ITSELF WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM; BUT THE 4 OF THEM PUT TOGETHER WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I WILL NOT OPERATE AT NIGHT IN LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT MIDWAY UNTIL THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION IS CORRECTED.