An air carrier crew reported crossing the mco VOR at 2;200 ft on glide slope instead of the 2;500 sp...

Attributes
ACN	898564
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MCO.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

Were cleared 'visual approach' to runway 18R mco. Told to cross mco VOR at 2;500 ft. Visually crossed the VOR and by reference to tuffee felt we were past mco VOR. Passing through 2;200 ft; orlando approach said we had started down early. Here we go again. If crossing altitude over (or abeam) mco VOR while on the ILS for 18R gives you a stable approach; then perhaps have a crossing restriction when 'visual' that is 300 ft higher needs to be revisited. It is most difficult to start and maintain a stable approach from where approach control apparently feels the visual crossing point for 2;500 ft would be.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew reported crossing the MCO VOR at 2;200 FT on glide slope instead of the 2;500 specified this crew believes the procedure needs to be revisited.

Narrative: Were cleared 'visual approach' to Runway 18R MCO. Told to cross MCO VOR at 2;500 FT. Visually crossed the VOR and by reference to TUFFEE felt we were past MCO VOR. Passing through 2;200 FT; Orlando Approach said we had started down early. Here we go again. If crossing altitude over (or abeam) MCO VOR while on the ILS for 18R gives you a stable approach; then perhaps have a crossing restriction when 'visual' that is 300 FT higher needs to be revisited. It is most difficult to start and maintain a stable approach from where Approach Control apparently feels the visual crossing point for 2;500 FT would be.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

An air carrier crew reported crossing the mco VOR at 2;200 ft on glide slope instead of the 2;500 specified this crew believes the procedure needs to be revisited.