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Roadside Inspection 89097439

Roadside inspection on Sep 23, 2026 in California • Carrier: NEWPORT MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (USDOT 2646713) • Vehicle: BLUE BIRD SCHOOL BUS

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L5
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 5

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89097439
Date:
Sep 23, 2026
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ANAHEIM
Vehicle:
BLUE BIRD BB Conventional SCHOOL BUS
Plate:
1529566 (CA)

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 5 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 0.15 violations per inspection across 236 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 28,517 Level 5 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at ANAHEIM
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 621 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 5 median
2
2 more than the median (0)
Compared to 38,489 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 3.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
93%
41 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 365 days
41
4 violations · 0 OOS · 0.10 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 396.5B-HWSL (HUBS - Wheel Seal Leaking., severity weight 2). (396.5B-HWSL)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 SCHOOL BUS 1BAKCCEA7KF348052 CA 1529566 BLUE BIRD BB Conventional 2019 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LHLI Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance —
396.5B-HWSL HUBS - Wheel Seal Leaking. 2 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
89097617 Sep 23, 2026 CA L5 ANAHEIM 1 —
89097616 Sep 23, 2026 CA L5 ANAHEIM 1 —
89097614 Sep 23, 2026 CA L5 ANAHEIM 0 —
89097605 Sep 23, 2026 CA L5 ANAHEIM 0 —
89097440 Sep 23, 2026 CA L5 ANAHEIM 0 —
89097438 Sep 23, 2026 CA L5 ANAHEIM 1 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85793510 Sep 2, 2025 CA L5 1BAKCCEA7KF348052 —
82647527 Sep 5, 2024 CA L5 1BAKCCEA7KF348052 —
79748766 Sep 6, 2023 CA L5 1BAKCCEA7KF348052 —
79178587 Jul 11, 2023 CA L5 1BAKCCEA7KF348052 —

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Recent activity at ANAHEIM

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