B757 flight crew has cockpit door open on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	556979
Time
Date	200208
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : elp.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	556979
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

New reinforced flight deck door installed. Door opened on takeoff. Found power cutoff switch in 'off' position. Lock fail light was on. System was operating normally. New system and rushed preflight and new full route clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLC HAS COCKPIT DOOR OPEN ON TKOF.

Narrative: NEW REINFORCED FLT DECK DOOR INSTALLED. DOOR OPENED ON TKOF. FOUND PWR CUTOFF SWITCH IN 'OFF' POS. LOCK FAIL LIGHT WAS ON. SYS WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. NEW SYS AND RUSHED PREFLT AND NEW FULL RTE CLRNC.

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.