A B737-300 was dispatched with a landing light made operative adjacent to a wing tank fuel leak.

Attributes
ACN	375030
Time
Date	199707
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	375030
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Right outboard landing light was inoperative due to other deferred item for fuel tank leak at #8 flap track fairing. Fuel item was on different write-up than the outboard landing light. I inadvertently misunderstood the write-up on the outboard landing light, and changed the landing light, and cleared the deferred without fixing the fuel leak.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED WITH A LNDG LIGHT MADE OPERATIVE ADJACENT TO A WING TANK FUEL LEAK.

Narrative: R OUTBOARD LNDG LIGHT WAS INOP DUE TO OTHER DEFERRED ITEM FOR FUEL TANK LEAK AT #8 FLAP TRACK FAIRING. FUEL ITEM WAS ON DIFFERENT WRITE-UP THAN THE OUTBOARD LNDG LIGHT. I INADVERTENTLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE WRITE-UP ON THE OUTBOARD LNDG LIGHT, AND CHANGED THE LNDG LIGHT, AND CLRED THE DEFERRED WITHOUT FIXING THE FUEL LEAK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.