An air carrier B737-300 had to abort its takeoff when a cabin entry door handle became ajar.

Attributes
ACN	359102
Time
Date	199701
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	359102
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon application of thrust for takeoff, forward entry door light illuminated. Cleared runway. First officer found door handle very slightly ajar. Handle was stowed, light extinguished and takeoff commenced.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B737-300 HAD TO ABORT ITS TKOF WHEN A CABIN ENTRY DOOR HANDLE BECAME AJAR.

Narrative: UPON APPLICATION OF THRUST FOR TKOF, FORWARD ENTRY DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CLRED RWY. FO FOUND DOOR HANDLE VERY SLIGHTLY AJAR. HANDLE WAS STOWED, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND TKOF COMMENCED.

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.