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Roadside Inspection 89034472

Roadside inspection on Sep 18, 2026 in Iowa • Carrier: SOWINSKI TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 46473) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89034472
Date:
Sep 18, 2026
State:
Iowa
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
IA
Operating authority:
MC214909
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T8 Series TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P 902025 (IL)

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 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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.48 violations per inspection across 110 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Iowa
2
On par with median (2)
Median of 3,451 Level 1 inspections in Iowa during 2026
vs typical at IA
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,985 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 497,089 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)
31%
29 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
7
13 violations · 1 OOS · 1.86 per inspection
Prior 365 days
29
50 violations · 2 OOS · 1.72 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 393.100B-C (Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV., severity weight 7). (393.100B-C)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKDD49X19J248654 IL P 902025 KENWORTH T8 Series 2009 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TTE5320381083827 IL 703610ST TRANSCRAFT Transcraft 2008 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.100B-C Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV. 7 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
395.24C2II-ELDTN HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer unmber. 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
89301749 Oct 19, 2026 AL L3 BRUNDIDGE AL 0 —
89230718 Oct 8, 2026 WI L2 HANCOCK WI 1 —
88648357 Aug 8, 2026 MO L2 — 2 —
88565226 Jul 29, 2026 IL L2 — 5 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88148362 Jun 13, 2026 AR L3 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
87281931 Mar 12, 2026 AR L3 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
87234634 Mar 6, 2026 IL L3 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
85905530 Sep 29, 2025 AR L3 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
85555133 Aug 20, 2025 NM L2 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
85259007 Jul 16, 2025 TX L1 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
84228644 Mar 25, 2025 IL L3 1XKDD49X19J248654 —
84215196 Mar 24, 2025 IL L3 1XKDD49X19J248654 —

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