Drop Zone

Movie (1994)

Starring:
Wesley Snipes (Pete Nessip)
Gary Busey (Ty Moncrief)
Yancy Butler (Jessie Crossman)
Michael Jeter (Earl Leedy)

When his brother is killed whilst escorting a cyber-criminal on a transport flight, Pete Nessip sets out to prove that those responsible are still alive and to stop them completing their master plan. To do this he must team up with a group of skydivers and get on the inside.

Boeing 747-146[]

Seen transporting Leedy and subsequent 'jailbreak'. Shown in fictional PAC Atlantic Air livery, registration N704CK, c/n 20528/191 of American International Airways (precursor to Kalitta Air). Broken up at Opa-Locka Executive Airport in Florida sometime during or after 2006. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Kalitta later operated two more 747s with the N704CK registration that this aircraft should not be confused with; a 747-209F/SCD with c/n 22299/462 that broke up on take-off at Brussels in 2008, and a 747-246F/SCD with c/n 23391/654 that is now in storage.

DZ747 — Reg. N704CK Boeing 747-146 of American International Airways.

A hole can be seen in the rear port fuselage.

DZ747 3 — Reg. N704CK Boeing 747-146 of American International Airways.

Bell 206B JetRanger[]

The second Bell carries the registration N57BL, serial 3167.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).

Fairchild Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo Porter[]

Jessie's plane is seen throughout the movie.
Reg. N346F Fairchild Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 c/n 2001 built in 1966.

Cessna 172 Skyhawk[]

Seen in the background at Jesse's airfield. Registration N6497B, c/n 29697 built in 1957. An early fastback model.

Cessna 175 Skylark & Cessna 182A Skylane & Cessna 172 Skyhawk[]

Left to right: derelict fuselage is Cessna 175 Skylark registration N9351B, c/n 55151.
Cessna 182 with yellow cheatlines is registration N3720D, c/n 34420.
Cessna 172 with red cheatlines marked with registration N54743, which seems to be false. Likely one of the four 172s used in the filming of Licence to Kill, which were painted identically with this registration. Recent photos show an airframe with the same livery (though the 3 is now painted as an 8) acting as a gate guardian at Sugar Loaf Shores Airport, where this was filmed, until it was removed around 2011.

Douglas DC-3A-197E[]

Registration N129H, c/n 4126 built in 1941. Used by Moncrief's crew for their skydives. Another DC-3 is also used by another team, but in military livery.

DZN129H 2 — Moncrief's team jumping out.

Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain[]

Registration N3239T, c/n 19054 built in 1943. Carried serial 42-100591 with the USAAF, 2100591 with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and 68-684 / K-684 with the Royal Danish Air Force before going back to the US for preservation with the Valiant Air Command Museum.

Beechcraft C-45G Expeditor[]

Registration N683N, c/n 3335 / AF-420. Built for the USAAF with serial 42-36955.

Cessna 180D[]

Seen at the Washington D.C. drop zone. Registration N6471X, c/n 18050971.

Piper J-3 Cub & Cessna 182A Skylane[]

Seen here most clearly but also in the background elsewhere. Skylane is registration N6007B, c/n 34007.

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[]

Seen numerous times in Washington D.C.
Registration N129PM, c/n 114 built in 1968.

DZDHC-6 3 — This newer model is used for the formation skydive.

Registration N123FX, c/n 200 built in 1969.

Various Aircraft[]

1: North American SNJ-5 Texan registration N3617F, c/n 88-22634. Ex-USAAF serial 42-86200 and US Navy BuNo 90773. Also wearing code J-107.
2: Cessna 177 Cardinal
3: North American T-28B Trojan registration N8574, c/n 200-362. Built in 1955 with BuNo 138291. Aircraft was written off on 13 November 2017 when it overran the runway at Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport, injuring the two occupants.
4: De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter registration N123FX, c/n 200 built in 1969.
5: Piper J-3 Cub
6: Fairchild Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo Porter registration N346F listed above.
7: Piper PA-23
8: Piper PA-46 Malibu
9: Rockwell Commander 114 registration N5854N, c/n 14399.