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Roadside Inspection 89051884

Roadside inspection on Sep 21, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: VETERANS EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2368496) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89051884
Date:
Sep 21, 2026
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BESSEMER CITY NC
Operating authority:
MC812331
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3889763 (IN)

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 11.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.40 violations per inspection across 384 prior records
vs Level 1 median in North Carolina
3
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 11,536 Level 1 inspections in North Carolina during 2026
vs typical at BESSEMER CITY NC
3
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 232 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
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 451,301 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)
49%
97 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
3
7 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
16
10 violations · 4 OOS · 0.63 per inspection
Prior 365 days
97
112 violations · 13 OOS · 1.15 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (10 violations across 16 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.40 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 396.3A1-BALR (Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test., severity weight 4). (396.3A1-BALR)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1FUJGLD5XFLGP8393 IN 3889763 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2015 —
2 INTERMODAL CHASSIS 5D7GC4020YC000619 ME 2047890 CHARLESTON MARINE CONTAINERS
Ticket: Other
CHARLESTON MARINE CONTAINERS 2000 —

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
396.3A1-BALAC Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
396.3A1-BALR Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test. 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.5B-L Lubrication - Oil or grease leak. 3 Vehicle Maintenance —

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
89028187 Sep 15, 2026 GA L3 SMYRNA GA 1 —
88935562 Sep 8, 2026 SC L2 BOWMAN SC 1 OOS
88883344 Sep 2, 2026 SC L2 LEXINGTON SC 5 OOS
88759761 Aug 21, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —
88744436 Aug 20, 2026 NC L2 — 0 —
88699982 Aug 12, 2026 GA L2 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
80719054 Jan 30, 2024 SC L3 1FUJGLD5XFLGP8393 —

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