Carrier profile · USDOT 3196414 · MC-152092 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Lightning Star LLC

1 power unitavg 5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesMAINEVILLE, OH100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152092 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.0Avg age (yr)

2011–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(619) 760-6189 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 16 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5 yr

Model years 2011–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

3 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

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9 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jan 17, 2026.
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Insurance cancellation effective Aug 26, 2026.

Safety

10 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 26.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈5.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈5.0 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Wesco’20–’21

Great West’21–’24

Occidental Fire’24–’25

Trisura Specialty’26–now

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2026 → May 2026	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2021 → Oct 2024	$750K	3
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2019	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 9

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2011

Oldest model yr

86.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 2 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
North Carolina: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections

Home base

MAINEVILLE, OH

2849 MACINTOSH LN APT A

Most inspections: CA

2 inspections

CA 2 · KY 1 · OH 1

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 5 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3793348 USDOT 4255406 USDOT 4387941 USDOT 3638647 USDOT 3339375 USDOT 3934118Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (12 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3706 USDOT 3537161 USDOT 3730428 USDOT 4375439 USDOT 2921517 USDOT 3793348 USDOT 4255406 USDOT 3470722

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2849 MACINTOSH LN APT A, MAINEVILLE, OH, 45039-9349
Mailing address: 1363 10TH ST NW APT # 202, NEW BRIGHTON, MN, 55112
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (619) 760-6189
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officers: Bobur Khabiev · Mohamed Essa
USDOT / docket: 3196414 · MC-152092
First registered: Oct 4, 2018
Last MCS-150: Jul 29, 2026 · 2,790,666 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,790,666

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Aug 27, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 27, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Aug 26, 2026 · 750000

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20%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

1 of 5 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

15violation records

1OOS-tagged records

1 of 5inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

70%0 / 7

Unsafe driving

30%0 / 3

Brakes

20%0 / 2

Other vehicle maintenance

20%0 / 2

Lights

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

50%

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

50%May 25 to Nov 251 / 2

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 3

n/aMay 26 to Nov 260 / 0

Top 3 codes (5 of 15 records)

393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1

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392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.24C2II ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for LIGHTNING STAR LLC.

LIGHTNING STAR LLC (USDOT 3196414) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 6, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 10 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 10 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 29, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LIGHTNING STAR LLC's USDOT number?

LIGHTNING STAR LLC's USDOT number is 3196414, and its motor carrier number is MC-152092.

Is LIGHTNING STAR LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. LIGHTNING STAR LLC is inactive in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LIGHTNING STAR LLC's safety record?

LIGHTNING STAR LLC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 16 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).