CAPT OF A COMMUTER TURBOPROP INADVERTENTLY RAN OVER A TXWY LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE R PROP. ACFT DAMAGE WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL POSTFLT INSPECTION AFTER DEST ARR.

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I TAXIED FLT ABC OUT OF THE ACR COMMUTER RAMP IN PHX. AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC TO TAXI TO RWY 26L VIA TXWYS C AND R. I PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE ACFT ACROSS TXWY C AND INTO THE TXWY EDGE LIGHTS. I STOPPED THE ACFT IN THE TAXI LIGHTS AND THEN PROCEEDED BACK ONTO TXWY C AND CONTINUED TO TAXI TO RWY 26L. WE DID NOT HEAR A NOISE NOR FEEL ANYTHING UNUSUAL; SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD PASSED CLEANLY THROUGH THE TAXI LIGHTS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; WE DEPARTED FOR OUR DEST; FHU. AFTER LNDG IN FHU; AND CONDUCTING OUR NORMAL POSTFLT ACFT WALKAROUND; WE DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO THE TIP OF 1 BLADE ON THE #2 R PROP. WE NOTIFIED OUR COMPANY WHO CANCELED THE RETURN FLT AND SENT A COMPANY MECH TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE. ONCE THE MECH ARRIVED; HE DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT AIRWORTHY AND COULD NOT BE FERRIED TO OUR MAINT BASE. AFTER RETURNING TO PHX; WE DISCOVERED A BROKEN TXWY EDGE LIGHT BULB. IT WAS NIGHT OUTSIDE AND THE PHX RAMP AREA IS LIT UP TO THE DEGREE OF DAYLIGHT AND THE ARPT LIGHTS; PARTICULARLY THE TXWY LIGHTS; ARE VERY DIM. THIS COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT THE LNDG TFC; WHICH HAVE ALL AVAILABLE LIGHTS ON (THE INTXN OF THE COMMUTER RAMP AND TXWY C IS ADJACENT TO THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF RWY 26R); BLINDS HUMANS FROM ALL DARKER OBJECTS. SO ESSENTIALLY; IF A PLT IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT AND THEY GO FROM ONE BRIGHT AREA TO ANOTHER; THEY WILL NEVER SEE THE LESS BRIGHT AREA IN FRONT OF THEM. THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE ARPT TXWYS; DITCHES; TXWY CTRLINES; OTHER ACFT; ETC. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: I WAS FATIGUED -- IT WAS MY 13TH HR OF DUTY INCLUDING DEADHEAD FROM DEN-PHX-IFP. WE WERE RUNNING 20 MINS BEHIND SCHEDULE AND WERE RUSHING TO MAKE UP TIME. MY FO HAD HIS HEAD IN THE CHKLIST. THE CABIN LIGHTS WERE ON; SHINING WHITE LIGHT INTO THE COCKPIT. THE COCKPIT FLOODLIGHTS WERE ON -- THESE LIGHTS ARE GREEN; SO THEY MADE THE DIM BLUE TXWY EDGE LIGHTS AT PHX SEEM LIKE GREEN TAXI CTRLINE LIGHTS. IN ADDITION; I WAS GLANCING DOWN TO MY DEP PLATE TO BACK UP MY FO'S DEP BRIEF AND WAS RELYING ON PERIPHERAL VISION TO TAXI TO THE CTRLINE. IT IS POSSIBLE; THAT IN THE BLINDING CONDITIONS; I MAY HAVE MISTAKEN THE TXWY EDGE LIGHTS FOR GREEN CTRLINE LIGHTS.