gopher01,
a classic tale from which only providence/luck has saved the day(well night). People forget that the early SF 'frames' were nothing of the sort, in respect of kit or the lack of it. Regarding the door master warning light it could be put out with the crew entrance door still fully open ! When we first got the 'K' we had lots of crew entrance door warning light problems usually as we climbed out. Eventually the staff 'solution' was to remove the door closed microswitch and rely on the door locked microswitch So you could turn the crew entrance door handle to the locked position with the door fully open and it would put out the master door caption. I think we were the only Herc operator to do this.