B737 cockpit door opens during take off roll.

Attributes
ACN	577488
Time
Date	200303
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msy.airport
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	577488
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Cockpit door swung open during takeoff out of new orleans. Switch was then found to be in the off position. I will include the red switch in my scan when I call cockpit door closed and secured as well from now on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 COCKPIT DOOR OPENS DURING TAKE OFF ROLL.

Narrative: COCKPIT DOOR SWUNG OPEN DURING TAKEOFF OUT OF NEW ORLEANS. SWITCH WAS THEN FOUND TO BE IN THE OFF POS. I WILL INCLUDE THE RED SWITCH IN MY SCAN WHEN I CALL COCKPIT DOOR CLOSED AND SECURED AS WELL FROM NOW ON.

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.