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Roadside Inspection 89084756

Roadside inspection on Sep 24, 2026 in Connecticut • Carrier: COWAN SYSTEMS LLC (USDOT 548880) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER 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 #:
89084756
Date:
Sep 24, 2026
State:
Connecticut
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION
Carrier (USDOT):
COWAN SYSTEMS LLC (548880)
Operating authority:
MC271882
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
69816A (CT)

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 0.83 violations per inspection across 3,487 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Connecticut
1
Cleaner than median (3)
Median of 2,756 Level 1 inspections in Connecticut during 2026
vs typical at UNION
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 264 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
1
Same as 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)
53%
912 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
75
82 violations · 13 OOS
Prior 90 days
193
182 violations · 28 OOS · 0.94 per inspection
Prior 365 days
912
840 violations · 131 OOS · 0.92 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 1FUJHPDV9MLMY0175 CT 69816A FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2021 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D8NL289179 ME 2949810 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2022 —

Violations Cited

1 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

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
89090600 Sep 24, 2026 KY L1 FRANKLIN KY 1 OOS
89090583 Sep 24, 2026 PA L3 PENN FOREST TOWNSHIP PA 1 —
89085431 Sep 24, 2026 PA L2 LOWER MAKEFIELD TWP PA 1 —
89083906 Sep 24, 2026 NJ L1 GREENWICH SCALE EB 1 OOS
89089119 Sep 23, 2026 MD L2 VIENNA MD 2 —
89088246 Sep 23, 2026 MD L2 SYKESVILLE MD 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
82846142 Oct 3, 2024 MA L2 1FUJHPDV9MLMY0175 OOS
80574992 Jan 10, 2024 NY L1 1JJV532D8NL289179 —
80002780 Oct 21, 2023 NJ L2 1FUJHPDV9MLMY0175 —

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