A320
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 153; Flight Crew Total 1418; Flight Crew Type 1418
Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Aircraft
While sitting at the gate with passengers boarding; I heard a loud pop and the window shattered leaving me with glass shards all over me. The aircraft had a write up from the previous flight that a checklist needed to be replaced. After calling maintenance control; two technicians arrived at the aircraft. They said the previous crew had used the checklist as a sun blocker. They had a hard time removing the checklist. They believed that is why the window failed.
A320 Captain reported the cockpit windshield shattered during passenger boarding. Maintenance determined; based on previous logbook discrepancy; cockpit checklist was improperly used as a sunshade on previous flight.