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Roadside Inspection 85342561

Roadside inspection on Jul 26, 2025 in California • Carrier: GOLD SPARROW TRUCKING INC (USDOT 3587516) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85342561
Date:
Jul 26, 2025
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DESERT HILLS IF
Operating authority:
MC1213946
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
YP93840 (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 17.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2025, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 2.78 violations per inspection across 23 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
4
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at DESERT HILLS IF
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 14,304 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
4
3 more than the median (1)
Compared to 760,406 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 27.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
8%
12 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
2
3 violations · 1 OOS · 1.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
12
40 violations · 5 OOS · 3.33 per inspection
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 395.8E-HOSPDOOS (HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain:, severity weight 7). (395.8E-HOSPDOOS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJGLDR1HSJH8125 CA YP93840 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2017 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS2537GM335615 CA 4VV5155 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2016 —

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8E-HOSPDOOS HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain: 7 Hours of Service OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.53B-B Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear. 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured. 2 Vehicle Maintenance —

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
85880121 Sep 24, 2025 NM L2 ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY 2 —
85723507 Sep 8, 2025 NM L2 LORDSBURG PORT OF ENTRY 0 —
85639524 Aug 28, 2025 AZ L1 SAN SIMON AZ 4 —
85621382 Aug 27, 2025 NM L1 LORDSBURG PORT OF ENTRY 0 —
87077483 Aug 22, 2025 NM L2 ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY 0 —
85373134 Jul 30, 2025 OK L2 EL RENO SCALES 10 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88819588 Aug 26, 2026 NM L3 3AKJGLDR1HSJH8125 —
88476782 Jul 20, 2026 MS L3 1UYVS2537GM335615 —
88260650 Jun 25, 2026 AZ L1 1UYVS2537GM335615 —
87939499 May 21, 2026 AZ L2 1UYVS2537GM335615 —
86887274 Jan 24, 2026 NM L2 1UYVS2537GM335615 OOS
86887274 Jan 24, 2026 NM L2 3AKJGLDR1HSJH8125 OOS
86698561 Jan 2, 2026 CA L2 1UYVS2537GM335615 —
86403782 Nov 22, 2025 NM L3 3AKJGLDR1HSJH8125 —

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