COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC
USDOT 182466MC-Docket MC154306MEMPHIS, TN
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COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC (USDOT 182466) in MEMPHIS, TN — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- Cargo insurance on file.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 2 times, most recent 2000-03-22 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2002-01-16 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.33
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.28
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.14
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.68
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
74
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- Yes
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 77
- Total drivers
- 77
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 2.6%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 17.4%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 2 times last 2000-03-22
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-11-19
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2002-01-16 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
114
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
65
Violations
7
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-29 → 2026-05-17.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-08-12
TX
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
33 | 0 | 2026-01-20 |
Hours of service 395
|
18 | 0 | 2025-05-21 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
5 | 4 | 2025-06-18 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-04-14 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-04-14 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
1 | 0 | 2025-09-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-12-12 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2025-06-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to review any unassigned driving time when prompted by the ELD | — |
| 2025-05-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2025-04-22 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-04-14 | Driver Fitness | Restriction - (CDL) - Operate a CMV in violation of a restriction | OOS |
| 2025-04-14 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-04-14 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2025-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Adjustable axle locking pins missing or not engaged | OOS |
| 2025-03-26 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-02-07 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-02-07 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2024-12-24 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers | — |
| 2024-12-18 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-11-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2024-11-12 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - General impeding traffic. | — |
| 2024-10-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to assume or decline unassigned driving time | — |
| 2024-10-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2024-08-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to assume or decline unassigned driving time | — |
| 2024-07-24 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to yield right of way | — |
| 2024-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD | — |
| 2024-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-05-12 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-01-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-12-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2025-12-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
2025-10-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-09-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-08-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-06-18 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-05-21 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32B-ELDDFR | — | — |
2025-05-01 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | OOS | — |
2025-04-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
2025-04-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-04-14 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41B10-MC | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 95A-LCDL | OOS | — |
2025-03-27 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207B | OOS | — |
2025-03-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-02-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-02-07 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2024-12-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B-DFPWD | — | — |
2024-12-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2024-10-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 32B | — | — |
2024-10-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2024-07-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-07-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-07-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32(b) | — | — |
2024-07-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-06-19 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
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