FLAT HOT LLC
USDOT 4408306MC-Docket MC1731397KATY, TX
Review before tendering2 power units
FLAT HOT LLC (USDOT 4408306) in KATY, 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- 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.
- 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
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 10
Hours of service
No alert
measure 8.28
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 3.85
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 11.78
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
13
Inspections
11
OOS inspections
32
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 2
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 1
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 76.9%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
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-01
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
15
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
107
Violations
36
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2025-05-30 → 2026-05-26.
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 | 10 | 2026-04-07 |
Hours of service 395
|
25 | 9 | 2026-04-30 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
9 | 7 | 2026-04-07 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
6 | 0 | 2026-02-26 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
5 | 2 | 2026-03-26 |
General safety regulations 390
|
4 | 0 | 2026-04-07 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-08-07 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the t | OOS |
| 2026-04-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the time of inspection. Time | OOS |
| 2026-04-07 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2026-04-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Insufficient tiedowns (with headerboard/blocking). At least one tiedown for every 10 feet of article length or | OOS |
| 2026-04-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2026-04-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2026-04-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have in possession RODS for the previous seven consecutive days and available for inspection | OOS |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Horn - Inoperative or defective | — |
| 2026-03-26 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others in contact with a part of the vehicle | OOS |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front leaking or inflation 50% or less than of the maximum inflation pressure | OOS |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front Any tire with observable bumps bulge or knots | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Insufficient tiedowns (with headerboard/blocking). At least one tiedown for every 10 feet of article length or | OOS |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver | OOS |
| 2026-02-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Horn inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | OOS |
| 2026-02-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2026-02-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-01-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | OOS |
| 2026-01-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2026-01-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty at the t | — |
| 2026-01-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2026-01-04 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2025-12-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-12-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last | OOS |
| 2025-12-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-12-04 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a passenger-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on f | OOS |
| 2025-12-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-09-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-09-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 1/32 of inch measured in 2 adjacent major tread grooves 3 separate locations 8 inches a | OOS |
| 2025-09-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2025-09-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2025-09-08 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2025-09-08 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-09-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard bulkhead or other cargo | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 13 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-30 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | OOS | — |
2026-04-07 8 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3I-HOSPDIT | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPDIT | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110C-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
2026-03-26 8 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81-H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2026-03-04 9 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2-TFBB-6 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TAOCV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110C-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TFL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHWS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2026-02-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2026-02-18 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2026-02-17 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2026-01-04 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPDIT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
2025-12-04 16 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F7-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A-MCPVI | OOS | — |
2025-11-06 5 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43DBMA | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
2025-08-26 7 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIHE | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43DBMA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
2025-08-07 9 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2WG | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIHE | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TC-MC | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-05-30 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A-MCPC | — | — |
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