B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150; Flight Crew Total 20500; Flight Crew Type 10500
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Security
General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
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.
Prior to push back and after main entry door closed. FA (Flight Attendant) reported cabin ready and firmly closed flight deck door. Top two panels of the door immediately fell apart from door frame. This was our second flight on this aircraft for the day; with an hour and a half sit time prior to out departure.
B737 flight crew reported two panels fell off door frame as the door was closed for pushback.