Roadside Inspection 88759792

Roadside inspection on Aug 21, 2026 in Kentucky • Carrier: ASCEND TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 439352) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK 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 #:
88759792
Date:
Aug 21, 2026
State:
Kentucky
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
FRANKLIN KY
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
R4816HY (TN)

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 0.78 violations per inspection across 1,241 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Kentucky
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 14,218 Level 1 inspections in Kentucky during 2026

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 403,278 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)
50%
311 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
29
15 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
70
48 violations · 16 OOS · 0.69 per inspection
Prior 365 days
311
295 violations · 52 OOS · 0.95 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-TAOLTIS (Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS, severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOLTIS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EH4PN340026 TN R4816HY VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D6KL125800 IN U852072 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2019

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS 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
88801009 Aug 26, 2026 KY L3 LONDON KY 1
88799221 Aug 25, 2026 TN L3 MOHAWK TN 0
88796771 Aug 24, 2026 TN L1 MOHAWK TN 1 OOS
88767751 Aug 20, 2026 AZ L2 1
88767747 Aug 20, 2026 TN L2 1
88758734 Aug 19, 2026 AZ L1 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88605043 Aug 4, 2026 KY L1 4V4NC9EH4PN340026 OOS
87999640 May 28, 2026 TN L3 4V4NC9EH4PN340026
84723079 May 19, 2025 MD L1 4V4NC9EH4PN340026 OOS
83567070 Jan 7, 2025 MI L2 4V4NC9EH4PN340026 OOS
83422728 Dec 16, 2024 MO L3 4V4NC9EH4PN340026
83395076 Dec 10, 2024 AR L3 4V4NC9EH4PN340026
82088398 Jul 10, 2024 SD L3 4V4NC9EH4PN340026

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