Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 189; Flight Crew Total 10082; Flight Crew Type 7041
Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; Environment - Non Weather Related
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.
B737-900 Captain reported encountering wake turbulence from preceding aircraft on approach to Runway 18R at MCO.