B737-900 captain reported encountering wake turbulence from preceding aircraft on approach to runway...

Attributes
ACN	1627012
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MCO.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 189 Flight Crew Total 10082 Flight Crew Type 7041
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

On visual approach to 18R at mco; cleared for the visual approach cross tuffe at or above 2;500 feet. Between hammy and [tuffe] encountered the wake of the preceding aircraft; approximate altitude loss 300 feet; autopilot disengaged due to the turbulence; crossed tuffe 300 feet low.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-900 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence from preceding aircraft on approach to Runway 18R at MCO.

Narrative: On visual approach to 18R at MCO; cleared for the visual approach cross TUFFE at or above 2;500 feet. Between HAMMY and [TUFFE] encountered the wake of the preceding aircraft; approximate altitude loss 300 feet; autopilot disengaged due to the turbulence; crossed TUFFE 300 feet low.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737-900 captain reported encountering wake turbulence from preceding aircraft on approach to runway 18R at mco.