Roadside Inspection 88520606

Roadside inspection on Jul 24, 2026 in Louisiana • Carrier: NICHOLS TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 269887) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88520606
Date:
Jul 24, 2026
State:
Louisiana
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Reported location:
CYPRESS LA
Operating authority:
MC339392
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 379 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P290987 (LA)

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 2 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 1.21 violations per inspection across 112 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Louisiana
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 8,645 Level 2 inspections in Louisiana during 2026

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 577,701 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
41%
32 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
2
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
6
7 violations · 1 OOS · 1.17 per inspection
Prior 365 days
32
45 violations · 4 OOS · 1.41 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 1XP5DB9X2XD484972 LA P290987 PETERBILT 379 1999
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532W88L119832 LA J311971 WABASH Wabash National Corporation 2008

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
88690598 Aug 12, 2026 LA L3 0
88664697 Aug 10, 2026 LA L3 1
88495807 Jul 22, 2026 LA L3 0
88241386 Jun 25, 2026 LA L2 2
88125364 Jun 12, 2026 LA L3 0
88055245 Jun 3, 2026 TX L2 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87669247 Apr 22, 2026 LA L3 1XP5DB9X2XD484972
86789890 Jan 14, 2026 LA L1 1XP5DB9X2XD484972
85989367 Oct 7, 2025 LA L2 1XP5DB9X2XD484972 OOS
84873388 Jun 3, 2025 LA L1 1XP5DB9X2XD484972 OOS
81769499 May 31, 2024 LA L3 1JJV532W88L119832
79965522 Oct 13, 2023 LA L2 1JJV532W88L119832 OOS
78542124 May 4, 2023 LA L2 1XP5DB9X2XD484972 OOS

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