B737 flight crew reported two panels fell off door frame as the door was closed for pushback.

Attributes
ACN	1612001
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cockpit Door
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 20500 Flight Crew Type 10500
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security

Narrative:

At departure the lead flight attendant did the normal checks and shut the flight deck door. He shut the door harder than normal but not excessively. When he shut the door the top two panels fell in. We called maintenance and had the door repaired and checked. I do not think the door failed on its own. When I first looked back at the door the top left latch was not secure and the two red latches at chest height were down (not in the latched horizontal position.) these latches may have moved to this position as a result of the door being shut hard? Or; these latches may have been in the down/unlatched position already and we failed to notice? I think they were down already. This was our second leg on this aircraft. Both pilots did leave to stretch our legs in the terminal. I cannot say with certainty that I noticed the latch position on either leg. I also cannot say if this was someone accidentally moving these latches or if it was intentional. I want to put this information out to see if there is a trend either way.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported two panels fell off door frame as the door was closed for pushback.

Narrative: At departure the lead Flight Attendant did the normal checks and shut the flight deck door. He shut the door harder than normal but not excessively. When he shut the door the top two panels fell in. We called maintenance and had the door repaired and checked. I do not think the door failed on its own. When I first looked back at the door the top left latch was not secure and the two red latches at chest height were down (not in the latched horizontal position.) These latches may have moved to this position as a result of the door being shut hard? Or; these latches may have been in the down/unlatched position already and we failed to notice? I think they were down already. This was our second leg on this aircraft. Both pilots did leave to stretch our legs in the terminal. I cannot say with certainty that I noticed the latch position on either leg. I also cannot say if this was someone accidentally moving these latches or if it was intentional. I want to put this information out to see if there is a trend either way.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.