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Roadside Inspection 86104056

Roadside inspection on Oct 20, 2025 in Virginia • Carrier: CAL CARTAGE TRANSPORTATION EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3035784) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
86104056
Date:
Oct 20, 2025
State:
Virginia
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
PORTSMOUTH VA
Operating authority:
MC41929
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
UN15388 (VA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 14.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.63 violations per inspection across 363 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Virginia
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 6,305 Level 1 inspections in Virginia during 2025
vs typical at PORTSMOUTH VA
3
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 867 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
3
2 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)
40%
128 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
11
13 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
32
48 violations · 9 OOS · 1.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
128
193 violations · 28 OOS · 1.51 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 393.9A-LTSI (Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle., severity weight 6). (393.9A-LTSI)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJGEDV0FSGR4778 VA UN15388 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2015 —
2 INTERMODAL CHASSIS 5K8CG4021FH001044 TN U588106 HERCULES ENTERPRISES LLC. HERCULES ENTERPRISES LLC. 2015 —

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 Vehicle Maintenance 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 —

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
86637129 Dec 18, 2025 WA L3 TACOMA WA 1 —
86582908 Dec 15, 2025 TX L2 IH45 SB CENTERVILLE SCALE 1 —
86583140 Dec 12, 2025 TX L2 IH45 NB NEW WAVERLY SCALE 1 OOS
86563263 Dec 9, 2025 WA L3 DU PONT WA 1 —
86512059 Dec 4, 2025 WA L3 DU PONT WA 0 —
86480221 Nov 29, 2025 TX L2 — 5 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89323085 Oct 21, 2026 VA L1 3AKJGEDV0FSGR4778 —

Carrier booking & risk tools

Check booking and risk signals for USDOT 3035784 — tools open pre-filled.

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