Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKGCEH9KF355229 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
17 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenDec 26, 2023
MN
Last seenMay 22, 2025
MN
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 17 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKGCEH9KF355229
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2019
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 19, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
1BA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
KGCEH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
355229

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
BLUE BIRD

Prefix basis · 7 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 7 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
BB Conventional

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 26, 2023 – May 22, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 22, 2025MNI · Full04 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF PINE CITY INC 2359561BY86080/MN
Dec 26, 2024MNI · Full04 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF ST PETER INC 1765148BY86080/MN
Dec 26, 2023MNII · Walk-around04 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF PINE CITY INC 2359561BY86080/MN
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
4 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF PINE CITY INC2359561Dec 26, 2023May 22, 20252MN
4 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF ST PETER INC1765148Dec 26, 2024Dec 26, 20241MN
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
BY86080MN4 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF PINE CITY INCDec 26, 2023May 22, 20252
BY86080MN4 POINT 0 SCHOOL SERVICES OF ST PETER INCDec 26, 2024Dec 26, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026