Reporter encountered wake turbulence from an L1011 7 mi ahead on final approach.

Attributes
ACN	297739
Time
Date	199503
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 2000 agl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mco
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	297739
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Turned on final for runway 35 at orlando international. Encountered moderate wake turbulence. I asked approach who we were following. He said 7 mi intrail of heavy L1011.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURB FROM AN L1011 7 MI AHEAD ON FINAL APCH.

Narrative: TURNED ON FINAL FOR RWY 35 AT ORLANDO INTL. ENCOUNTERED MODERATE WAKE TURB. I ASKED APCH WHO WE WERE FOLLOWING. HE SAID 7 MI INTRAIL OF HVY L1011.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.