B737 captain reports right landing light found missing on post flight.

Attributes
ACN	810347
Time
Date	200810
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	810347
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After landing; my first officer performed the walkaround for our return flight and noticed that the right outboard landing light was missing from its carriage and 2 wires were hanging from the underside of the wing. We called maintenance control to report this defect and arranged for contract maintenance to take care of it. We have no idea when or where the landing light departed the airplane; but I figured that it was important for a report to be filed on this matter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CAPTAIN REPORTS RIGHT LANDING LIGHT FOUND MISSING ON POST FLIGHT.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG; MY FO PERFORMED THE WALKAROUND FOR OUR RETURN FLT AND NOTICED THAT THE R OUTBOARD LNDG LIGHT WAS MISSING FROM ITS CARRIAGE AND 2 WIRES WERE HANGING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING. WE CALLED MAINT CTL TO RPT THIS DEFECT AND ARRANGED FOR CONTRACT MAINT TO TAKE CARE OF IT. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN OR WHERE THE LNDG LIGHT DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE; BUT I FIGURED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR A RPT TO BE FILED ON THIS MATTER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.