R H CHAPA TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT 3790942MC-Docket MC1360727PEARSALL, TX
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R H CHAPA TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 3790942) in PEARSALL, 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.
- Current BIPD policy (HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-03-24) — 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 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 4 times, most recent 2026-03-24 — 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 6.66
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.11
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.53
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 6.91
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
23
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
8
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 4
- Total drivers
- 5
- Years in business
- 4
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 8%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 19%
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
- 4 times last 2026-03-24
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-14
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
27
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
51
Violations
9
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-12-07 → 2026-03-29.
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
|
27 | 4 | 2026-03-24 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
10 | 1 | 2026-03-12 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
9 | 2 | 2026-03-29 |
Hours of service 395
|
3 | 0 | 2025-06-24 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 2 | 2026-03-02 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | OOS |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2026-03-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2026-03-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Prohibition against texting in a CMV | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | OOS |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper battery installation | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2026-02-20 | 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 |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 2001 for towed vehicle. | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Any leak from a brake valve | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) in accordance with the current corr | OOS |
| 2025-06-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) Driver failing to have instruction sheet describing the data transfer mechanisms supported by the ELD and step | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have an instruction sheet for the driver describing ELD malfunction repo | — |
| 2025-04-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-04-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2025-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2025-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2024-12-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-12-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-11-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | — |
| 2024-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard bulkhead or other cargo | OOS |
| 2024-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | — |
| 2024-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
| 2024-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2024-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2024-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 16 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLOW | — | — |
2026-03-24 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | OOS | — |
2026-03-12 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2026-03-02 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 80-TEXTING | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41B10-MC | OOS | — |
2026-02-20 12 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLIW | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2WC | — | — |
2026-02-03 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-ALBV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2-B | — | — |
2025-06-27 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
2025-06-24 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3-ELDMF | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2-ELDNISDT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-04-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-04-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2025-01-07 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2024-12-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2024-11-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B | — | — |
2024-07-01 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110(b) | OOS | — |
2024-06-05 10 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-12-07 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
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