LIGHTNING TRUCKING
Legal: OTTONIEL A MENDEZ
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
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Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
- Intrastate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- OTTONIEL A MENDEZ
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
- Registered since
- 2008-03-18
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2008-03-18
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 1 trucks.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses with 16 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
2 events- 03/18/2008Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
- 03/18/2008MCS-150 update filed
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Area served
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2008-03-18
- Reported mileage
- —
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyJanuary, 2021
First on-record entry — OTTONIEL A MENDEZ, HOBBS, NM
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