FLC OF A KING AIR 200 ON A NIGHT FLT TAXIES ONTO RWY WHERE THERE ARE NO LEAD-IN LIGHTS. FO CALLS CAPT'S ATTN TO BEING MISALIGNED WITH CTRLINE. CAPT CORRECTS TO THE L AND A PROP TIP IS DAMAGED.

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THE ACFT THAT I WAS COPLT ON WAS FOUND TO HAVE DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE PROP BLADES DURING POSTFLT INSPECTION. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE TIP OF THE PROP. THE FLT CONDITIONS WERE NIGHT WITH A CEILING OF 18000 SCATTERED AND 10 SM VISIBILITY. THE CAPT WAS TAXIING THE ACFT WHILE I RAN THE CHKLIST; MONITORED THE PROGRESS OF THE TAXI AND HANDLED ATC COMS. AS THE ACFT APCHED THE RUNUP AREA OF THE ACTIVE RWY; THE CAPT INSTRUCTED ME TO VERIFY THE HDG AND ALT OF THE ASSIGNED SID. I PROCEEDED TO LOOK UP THE SID AND READ THE HDG AND ALT TO THE CAPT. AFTER READING THE SID; I TRANSITIONED MY EYES BACK OUTSIDE. I OBSERVED THAT THE CAPT HAD ALIGNED THE ACFT TO THE R OF THE CTRLINE. I NOTIFIED THE CAPT THAT HE WAS MISALIGNED TO THE R. THE CAPT RECOGNIZED THE PROB; AND CORRECTED TO THE L. I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THAT THE ONE PROP BLADE WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A FOREIGN OBJECT ON THE RWY/TXWY SURFACE. AN UNEVENTFUL TKOF; FLT AND LNDG FOLLOWED. THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS THE DISORIENTATION OF THE CAPT WHILE TAXIING ONTO THE RWY DUE TO LACK OF CTRLINE LIGHTING AND LACK OF LIGHTING OF THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD AREA. I BELIEVE THE CAPT WAS EXPECTING CTRLINE LIGHTING; WHICH LED TO HIS DISORIENTATION. AS COPLT I DID NOT CATCH THE CAPT'S MISALIGNING THE ACFT DUE THE DUTIES INSIDE THE COCKPIT AND MY EYES LOOKING INSIDE THE COCKPIT. TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT FROM OCCURRING AGAIN; ALL CREWS HAVE ATTENDED RECURRENT TRAINING OF CRM; COCKPIT ORGANIZATION; AND PREFLT PREPARATIONS WHICH WILL INCLUDE A PRE TAXI BRIEFING OF TXWYS AND THE ASSIGNED RTE AND A BRIEF OF THE RWY ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING LIGHTING; SURFACE MARKINGS AND DISPLACED THRESHOLDS. A LIGHTED YOKE CLIP WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE ACFT TO FACILITATE EASIER SCANNING OF ITEMS INSIDE THE COCKPIT AND OUTSIDE; THIS WILL LIMIT THE HEADS DOWN TIME OF THE PLT. IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO ARPT LIGHTING; ESPECIALLY HIGH DENSITY ARPTS. DISPLACED THRESHOLDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT MARKED EFFECTIVELY AND CAN LEAD TO CONFUSION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE COMPANY HAS DEVELOPED PROCS AND TRAINING TECHNIQUES TO HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE A REPEAT OF THE INCIDENT. THE RWY IN USE WAS RWY 22R AND THERE ARE TXWY LIGHTS WHICH STOP AT THE RUNUP AREA AND NO LEAD-IN LIGHTS TO RWY CTR. THERE ARE ARROWS WHICH HELP IN DAYLIGHT; BUT AT NIGHT ARE NOT VISIBLE. THIS AREA IS A DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE LEAD-IN LIGHTS TO RWY CTRLINE. HE BELIEVES THE FOD MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY HITTING A TAXI LIGHT.