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Roadside Inspection 89008456

Roadside inspection on Sep 16, 2026 in Connecticut • Carrier: RED APPLE LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 4089200) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89008456
Date:
Sep 16, 2026
State:
Connecticut
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION SCALE
Operating authority:
MC1557375
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
AH70688 (PA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 9.

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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.71 violations per inspection across 153 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Connecticut
2
On par with median (2)
Median of 4,552 Level 2 inspections in Connecticut during 2026
vs typical at UNION SCALE
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,940 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 613,336 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 29.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
57%
92 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
9
9 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
27
25 violations · 5 OOS · 0.93 per inspection
Prior 365 days
92
70 violations · 13 OOS · 0.76 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 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 PA AH70688 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2020 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC5323NT208903 ME 4113122 VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2022 —

Violations Cited

2 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
395.30B1-ELDDFR HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the informaiton. 1 Hours of Service —

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
89008332 Sep 15, 2026 AL L3 ATTALLA AL 2 OOS
88984169 Sep 12, 2026 AZ L2 GOODYEAR AZ 2 —
88940299 Sep 8, 2026 NM L2 NM 2 OOS
88928137 Sep 6, 2026 TN L3 LAKELAND TN 3 OOS
88916285 Sep 4, 2026 OH L3 RAVENNA OH 0 —
88902200 Sep 2, 2026 OH L3 BROADVIEW HEIGHTS OH 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88420719 Jul 13, 2026 IL L3 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 —
87226811 Mar 2, 2026 PA L3 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 —
86993225 Feb 7, 2026 NC L3 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 —
85842759 Sep 17, 2025 TX L2 5V8VC5323NT208903 —
85416559 Aug 5, 2025 OH L2 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 —
85091519 Jun 30, 2025 KS L2 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 —
84312852 Apr 2, 2025 TN L1 3AKJHHDR0LSLM5100 OOS
83564944 Jan 8, 2025 MS L2 5V8VC5323NT208903 OOS

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