C206 HAS A RWY EXCURSION AND STRIKES THE VASI LIGHTS AT MMES.

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I WAS USING THE HANDHELD MIKE; AS THE PUSH-TO-TALK SWITCHES WERE INOP. THIS MIKE'S WIRE WAS A LITTLE SHORT; AND STRESS ON THE CONNECTION TO THE ACFT HAD CAUSED IT PREVIOUSLY TO TEND TO DISCONNECT. TO LESSEN THIS STRESS; I WRAPPED THE CORD AROUND THE YOKE. TO TALK; I HAD TO BEND FORWARD TO LEAN DOWN TO THE MIKE. THINGS WENT OK UNTIL TAXIING UPON LNDG AT ENSENADA; MEXICO. WHILE CONVERSING WITH THE TWR CTLR ON WHERE TO PARK THE PLANE AT CUSTOMS; I WAS NOT LOOKING WHERE I WAS GOING (SINCE I WAS LEANING DOWN TO TALK ON THE MIKE) AND THE ACFT DID NOT STAY ON THE RWY. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A R TURN ONTO TXWY B DURING THE LAST CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT I HAD SUCCESSFULLY MADE THE TURN; BUT APPARENTLY I HAD NOT! JUST OFF THE INTXN OF RWY 29 AND TXWY B; THE PLANE TAXIED INTO THE VASI LIGHTS FOR RWY 11 THAT ARE POSITIONED THERE. THE PROP HIT THE CONCRETE PEDESTAL OF THE FIRST VASI LIGHT (THIS PEDESTAL IS ABOUT A FOOT TALL; UPON WHICH THE VASI'S STAND). THE PROP HAS GOUGES IN 2 BLADES; BUT NOT THE THIRD. UNKNOWN YET WHAT ENG DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON BOARD.