Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1987 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKGCBA9HF332758 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
33 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenSep 6, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 4, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 33 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
1BAKGCBA9HF332758
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
1987
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
KGCBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
332758

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 · 150 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 150 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
1987

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
Not established

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 · Sep 6, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 4, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC 27211657JKV509/CA
Sep 3, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC 27211657UKV509/CA
Jun 5, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC 27211657UKV509/CA
Aug 22, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137UKV509/CA
Sep 6, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137UKV509/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC2721165Jun 5, 2025Jun 4, 20263CA
SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP677713Sep 6, 2023Aug 22, 20242CA
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.
7JKV509CAMISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INCJun 4, 2026Jun 4, 20261
7UKV509CAMISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INCJun 5, 2025Sep 3, 20252
7UKV509CASANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORPSep 6, 2023Aug 22, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026