An A321 captain reported encountering wake turbulence from a preceding A330 on approach.

Attributes
ACN	905624
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	A330
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Cleared for visual approach runway 10. Followed A330; six miles behind him at time of event. Crossed his previous path on base leg. Encountered 2-3 second wake upset. Aircraft rolled approximately 30 -35 degrees from straight and level flight. No altitude loss. Immediate correction. Operated in accordance with wake turbulence profile; no further incident. No injuries or damage - seat belt sign on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A321 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence from a preceding A330 on approach.

Narrative: Cleared for Visual approach Runway 10. Followed A330; six miles behind him at time of event. Crossed his previous path on base leg. Encountered 2-3 second wake upset. Aircraft rolled approximately 30 -35 degrees from straight and level flight. No altitude loss. Immediate correction. Operated in accordance with wake turbulence profile; no further incident. No injuries or damage - seat belt sign on.

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.