FSTI INC
USDOT 1272960MC-Docket MC496828AUSTIN, TX
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FSTI INC (USDOT 1272960) in AUSTIN, TX — 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: $6,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2007-01-16 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-03-16) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 9 times, most recent 2026-03-16 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2007-02-27 (J).
- 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. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
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
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.25
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.88
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
0
Crashes
16
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
8
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $6,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 24
- Total drivers
- 17
- Years in business
- 22
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 5.9%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 50%Above national
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
- 9 times last 2026-03-16
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-11-03
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2007-01-16
- Last compliance review
- 2007-02-27 · J
Inspection history (all-time)
26
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
66
Violations
12
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-08 → 2026-04-07.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
30 | 6 | 2026-03-16 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
7 | 0 | 2026-04-07 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 0 | 2024-12-13 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 0 | 2026-03-01 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
3 | 2 | 2026-03-16 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
3 | 0 | 2026-04-07 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 178
|
2 | 0 | 2024-12-13 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 173
|
1 | 1 | 2024-12-13 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 171
|
1 | 0 | 2024-01-22 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Fail to display ID Numbers when required. | — |
| 2026-04-07 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Placard damaged deteriorated or obscured | — |
| 2026-04-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-03-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-03-16 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | No or improper shipping papers (carrier) | OOS |
| 2026-03-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2026-03-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2026-03-16 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Maintenance/accessibility of Emergency Response information | — |
| 2026-03-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective brake warning device or pressure gauge | OOS |
| 2025-12-04 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Fail to mark manual remote shutoff device with Emergency Shutoff | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Placard damaged deteriorated or obscured | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | — |
| 2025-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-08-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-07-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-07-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-07-08 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Shipping Papers) - Operate a motor vehicle without a required shipping paper. NOTE: An error in the shipping descrip | OOS |
| 2025-07-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
| 2025-07-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-07-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Bulk Packages) - HM/DG leaking from a bulk package (including associated piping) | OOS |
| 2024-12-13 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Packaging) - DOT 406/407/412 tank outlet requirements. | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Co-driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2024-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2024-06-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking | — |
| 2024-06-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | OOS |
| 2024-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2024-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2024-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 19 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-07 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 516C6 | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 332 | — | — |
2026-03-16 7 viols· 2 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 602C1 | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 817A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2026-03-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEQP | — | — |
2025-12-04 5 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 328D | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 516C6 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLOW | — | — |
2025-11-21 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-08-26 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-07-28 3 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 328D-HMM | — | — |
2025-07-08 1 viol· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 817A-HMSP | OOS | — |
2025-07-07 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2024-12-13 4 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPCDOOS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 178 | 345-11B-HMP | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 173 | 24B1-HMBPMC | OOS | — |
2024-06-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-06-10 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 178 | 345-14(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-02-29 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 823(a) | — | — |
2024-02-05 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(3) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(2) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(3) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(4) | — | — |
2024-01-22 2 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 171 | 2(a) | — | — |
2023-07-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(2) | — | — |
2023-07-10 4 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 23 | OOS | — |
2023-07-04 5 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2023-06-08 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 328(d) | — | — |
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