CHARTER ACFT HAS PROP STRIKE WHILE TAXIING ON RAMP FILLED WITH POT HOLES.

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AFTER MY ACFT HAD A PROP STRIKE AT NASSAU INTL; I HAD AN FAA MECH EXAMINE THE ACFT TO SEE HOW BAD THE DAMAGES WERE. THE MECH DID A SHAFT RUN AND THEN INSTALLED A SPARE PROP. A RUN-UP WAS DONE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY VIBRATIONS OR HIGH OIL TEMPS. EVERYTHING CHKED OUT NORMAL. I THEN FLEW THE ACFT TO FT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. I WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE THE ACFT AT NASSAU INTL ARPT BECAUSE THE LACK OF SECURITY. POT HOLES ON THE RAMP CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROP STRIKE. IF CIVIL ARPT AVIATION WOULD HAVE FIXED THOSE HOLES NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE SENT THE RPT RIGHT AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE POST MARK INDICATES NOV/XX/95. RPTR SAYS THE MAIL OVER THERE IS EXTREMELY POOR AND WAS QUITE SURPRISED THAT IT ARRIVED SO LATE TO US. FAA DID FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION STATING THAT THE ACFT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FLOWN UNTIL ENG CHKED OUT. ENG WAS SENT TO FACTORY; TORN DOWN AND NO PROBS FOUND. LETTER TO RPTR ON NOV/XA/95 SAYS FAA FINDS NO VIOLATION AND INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. TAKING NO CHANCES; RPTR'S COMPANY HAD NEW ENG; NEW PROP AND NEW LNDG GEAR INSTALLED. THERE IS SO MUCH VANDALISM AT NASSAU THAT RPTR KEEPS EXTRA PARTS AND USED A NEW PROP TO GET THE ACFT TO MAIN MAINT BASE FOR REPAIRS. RPTR HAS SOME POLITICAL FRIENDS WITH WHOM HE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE AND THEY IN TURN PUT PRESSURE ON THE CIVIL AVIATION TO REPAIR THE RAMP AREA. IT IS BETTER BUT STILL NOT COMPLETELY FREE OF POT HOLES. RPTR IS GOING TO TRY TO MEET WITH FAA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL BE IN NASSAU NEXT MONTH.