SMA LANDS ON DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND DAMAGES PROP ON RWY LIGHTS.

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LNDG RWY 19; CALLED UNICOM STEVENS FIELD; NO RESPONSE. LANDED WITH NO VISIBLE OR AUDIBLE PROBS. AFTER 2 HR STAY; BOARDED ACFT TO DEPART. FBO ADVISED US (PLT AND 2 PAX) OF SEVERE PROP DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF PROP CONFIRMED RPT. OBTAINED ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION HOME. LATER SAME DAY; FBO ADVISED PLT LANDED ON UNUSABLE PORTION OF RWY 19 AND PROP STRUCK RWY LIGHTS. PLT DISPUTES CLAIM BY ARPT OF RWY MARKINGS INDICATING UNUSABLE PORTION OF RWY 19. PLT'S INSPECTION OF RWY 19 ON DOWNWIND DID NOT ADEQUATELY IMAGE HASH MARKS. LNDG PROC WITNESSED ENTIRELY BY LICENSED PLT; WHO OBSERVED NOTHING UNUSUAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES NEITHER HE NOR HIS PLT PAX COULD DETECT ANY MARKINGS ON THE AREA OF THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. ARPT PERSONNEL INDICATE THERE ARE CHEVRONS ON THE AREA. RPTR RECOMMENDS THESE MARKINGS SHOULD BE PAINTED WITH SOMETHING TO MAKE THEM MORE VISIBLE FROM THE AIR. RPTR STATES HE CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS DISPLACED THRESHOLDS AND KNOWS THEIR MEANING.