Roadside Inspection 88760336

Roadside inspection on Aug 21, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: EZZELL TRUCKING INC (USDOT 171171) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
1
20% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88760336
Date:
Aug 21, 2026
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
NASHVILLE NC
Carrier (USDOT):
EZZELL TRUCKING INC (171171)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
233286 (KS)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and General/Admin, with a combined severity weight of 16.

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
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.44 violations per inspection across 209 prior records
vs Level 2 median in North Carolina
5
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 23,413 Level 2 inspections in North Carolina during 2026

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
5
4 more than the median (1)
Compared to 546,405 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)
77%
48 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
1 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
8
2 violations · 1 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Prior 365 days
48
15 violations · 5 OOS · 0.31 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 1XKYDP9X9PJ248191 KS 233286 KENWORTH T680 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1PLE045277PB55575 ME 5005233 PEERLESS Peerless 2007

Violations Cited

5 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
393.9A-LRLI Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LSML Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
390.21TB1-MC Operating a CMV without legal name or trade name displayed. General/Admin
390.21TB2-DOT Operate a CMV without USDOT number displayed. Must be preceded by the letters "USDOT". General/Admin

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
88836723 Aug 28, 2026 NC L3 CLINTON NC 0
88701970 Aug 14, 2026 NC L3 0
88689903 Aug 13, 2026 NC L3 0
88591884 Aug 3, 2026 NC L2 1 OOS
88534887 Jul 28, 2026 NC L2 0
88391742 Jul 13, 2026 NC L2 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85166384 Jul 2, 2025 NC L3 1XKYDP9X9PJ248191

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