Roadside Inspection 88028664

Roadside inspection on Jun 1, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION INCORPORATED (USDOT 338676) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88028664
Date:
Jun 1, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
KNOXVILLE TN
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
TE8263 (NC)

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 8.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.16 violations per inspection across 76 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 22,409 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026
vs typical at KNOXVILLE TN
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 12,462 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 407,924 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
74%
31 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
4
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
8
2 violations · 0 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Prior 365 days
31
9 violations · 0 OOS · 0.29 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (2 violations across 8 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.16 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 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1NPBGGGG70D654964 NC TE8263 PETERBILT 579
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H4SS4125P3120737 ME 5130207 HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL Heil Trailer International 2023

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

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
88154704 Jun 13, 2026 GA L2 9
88005527 May 30, 2026 NC L3 0
87992310 May 29, 2026 SC L3 0
87890193 May 16, 2026 NC L2 0
87819626 May 11, 2026 TN L3 0
87648795 Apr 21, 2026 NC L3 MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION S 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88817490 Aug 25, 2026 TN L3 3H4SS4125P3120737
86791074 Jan 13, 2026 NC L3 1NPBGGGG70D654964
85416583 Aug 4, 2025 TN L1 1NPBGGGG70D654964 OOS
82053314 Jul 2, 2024 TN L3 1NPBGGGG70D654964
81709941 May 20, 2024 TN L1 1NPBGGGG70D654964
81561924 May 7, 2024 AR L2 1NPBGGGG70D654964
80432183 Dec 15, 2023 TN L1 1NPBGGGG70D654964
80287366 Nov 30, 2023 TN L1 1NPBGGGG70D654964

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