Carrier profile · USDOT 2490984 · MC-862655 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

SKYHAWK EXPRESS INC

17 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 16 statesLAFAYETTE, TN62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-862655 ACTIVE
Verified linksFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 35.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 26.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.2 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
75%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 4 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251001
20213013
20201001
20193022
20185025
20172002
20163012
20151011
20147126
20135125
20122012
20082012
20071011
20062022
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026TN00Yes
May 19, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 21, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 30, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 13, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 17, 2021TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2021MO01Yes
Jun 8, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2019AL01Yes
Jul 30, 2019KY01No
Jun 19, 2019TN00Yes
Sep 10, 2018TN00Yes
Jun 22, 2018IN01Yes
Mar 13, 2018SC00Yes
Mar 12, 2018KY01Yes
Feb 7, 2018NC00Yes
Oct 16, 2017CA00Yes
Mar 5, 2017AZ00Yes
Dec 23, 2016KY00Yes
Feb 29, 2016IL00Yes
Jan 27, 2016OH01No
Jun 30, 2015IL01Yes
Nov 2, 2014IN00Yes
Oct 8, 2014OH00Yes
Sep 23, 2014TX02No