Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Blue Bird TC2000

1BAANB7A3VF075077 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 29, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 2, 2025
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAANB7A3VF075077
Make
Blue Bird
Model
TC2000
Model year
1997
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 20, 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
ANB7A

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
075077

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 · 133 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TC2000

Prefix basis · 133 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
1997

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
TC2000

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 29, 2023 – Oct 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 2, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only2LAMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2611399E989294/CA
Sep 26, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only2LAMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2611399E989294/CA
Aug 29, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only1LAMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2611399E989294/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LAMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT2611399Aug 29, 2023Oct 2, 20253CA
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.
E989294CALAMONT SCHOOL DISTRICTAug 29, 2023Oct 2, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026