A SUPER KING AIR 300 HAS A PROP STRIKE ON A TXWY LIGHT AT NIGHT AT BOS.

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AFTER LNDG AT BOS (ILS RWY 33L) THE ACFT WAS TAXIED FROM THE RWY VIA TXWY F; A L HIGH SPD TXWY; FROM RWY 33L. VISIBILITY WAS GOOD IN LIGHT RAIN; THE TXWY LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED; AND TAXI SPD WAS NORMAL (SLOW). I LOST SIGHT OF THE PAINTED CTRLINE AND ALLOWED THE ACFT TO MOVE L DURING THE TURN FROM THE RWY ONTO THE TXWY. I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AS I CORRECTED THE ACFT GND TRACK AND SUSPECTED THAT THE L PROP HAD CONTACTED A TXWY LIGHT. THE POST-SHUTDOWN INSPECTION REVEALED MINOR; REPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO 3 OF 4 PROP BLADES; AND AN APPROX 1 INCH SECTION OF THE 4TH BLADE SEPARATED FROM THE PROP. BOSTON ARPT OPS WAS NOTIFIED BY PHONE TO DEAL WITH ANY POSSIBLE FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE POTENTIAL. THEY CONFIRMED THAT 1 TXWY LIGHT LENS HAD BEEN DAMAGED. FAA OPS AT BOS WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE INCIDENT; AND THROUGH THEM; THE BOSTON FSDO. THE ACFT WAS GNDED PENDING INSPECTION AND REPAIR. THIS PROB AROSE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO DARKNESS AND RAIN SHOWERS. 2) A REQUEST BY ATC TO EXPEDITE CLRING THE RWY. 3) FAILURE OF THE PLT TO ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE FOR THESE FACTORS AND KEEP THE ACFT ON THE TXWY CTRLINE. THE DAMAGED PROP WAS DISCOVERED DURING A POST-FLT INSPECTION; AND SUSPECTED DUE TO THE NOISE CREATED BY THE STRIKE. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY BETTER ADHERENCE TO ESTABLISHED OPERATING PROCS BY THE PLT; AND BETTER CRM BY UTILIZING THE COPLT AS A 'SECOND SET OF EYES' TO HELP SEE AND AVOID HAZARDS DURING GND OPS.