SKYWAY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT 2465986MC-Docket MC852322RICHMOND, TX
Do not tender4 power units
SKYWAY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2465986) in RICHMOND, TX — carries a hard disqualifier. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- Authority revocation is currently pending — carrier may lose operating authority soon.
- 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.
- 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2025-01-04 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 37 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-03-09) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- 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.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 21 times, most recent 2026-03-09 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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 2.5
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.68
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.82
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.68
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 6.94
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
1
Injuries
1
Crashes
14
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
9
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 4
- Total drivers
- 4
- Years in business
- 12
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 25%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 45.5%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
- 21 times last 2026-03-09
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-08-08
- Insurance lapse history
- 2 lapse(s) most recent 2025-01-04
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
20
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
63
Violations
13
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-08 → 2026-04-22.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-12-17
TX
1 injured
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
28 | 3 | 2025-08-15 |
Hours of service 395
|
8 | 1 | 2025-08-15 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
7 | 1 | 2025-11-12 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 2 | 2025-07-08 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-02-05 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2024-08-03 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-08-15 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | No record of duty status when one is required (ELD Not Required) | OOS |
| 2025-08-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-08-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-06-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-04-27 | Controlled Substances/​Alcohol | Driver on duty and in possession of a narcotic drug / amphetamine | OOS |
| 2025-04-27 | Unsafe Driving | Using or equipping a CMV with radar detector | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Driver Fitness | Learner's Permit (CLP) - Is not accompanied by the holder of a valid CDL that is fully authorized to operate the CMV. | OOS |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-01-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-01-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has | OOS |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator for towed vehicles on vehicles manufactured after February 2001 | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add CMV power unit number | — |
| 2024-08-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 12 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-11-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2025-11-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2025-08-15 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-NON-ELD | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-07-25 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
2025-07-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-06-30 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-04-27 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 4A-POS | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 71A | — | — |
2025-02-05 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 25A1 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2024-08-03 17 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11(b)(4) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(3) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(g) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(i) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(ii) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-05-15 13 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
2023-12-05 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(ii) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(iii) | — | — |
2023-09-26 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
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