Two cessna 177RG pilots reported a gear up landing due to distraction and lack of checklist usage.

Attributes
ACN	1420983
Time
Date	201701
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cardinal 177/177RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Communication Systems
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 762
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 192 Flight Crew Total 3502 Flight Crew Type 18
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing

Narrative:

The conditions at the airfield where clear but gusty winds. After the first touch and go the pilots side headset stopped working. He could barely hear and was pressing on his headset to try and listen. The co-pilots side communication was intermediate the decision was made to request a short approach. Then after the landing make it a full stop. The tower cleared them for the short approach. Both pilots were trying to get their communication between each other to work. We became task saturated with the aircraft communications problems; clearing for traffic; and compensating for gusty winds. Which led to not completing the landing checklist. Then the aircraft landed; the prop struck the ground; and no injuries to anyone involved or airport property damage. We performed the emergency shutdown and waited for personal to arrive. The preventive measure that should have been taken was confirming the checklist and final call out that the gear was down and locked by both pilots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two Cessna 177RG pilots reported a gear up landing due to distraction and lack of checklist usage.

Narrative: The conditions at the airfield where clear but gusty winds. After the first touch and go the pilots side headset stopped working. He could barely hear and was pressing on his headset to try and listen. The co-pilots side communication was intermediate the decision was made to request a short approach. Then after the landing make it a full stop. The tower cleared them for the short approach. Both pilots were trying to get their communication between each other to work. We became task saturated with the aircraft communications problems; clearing for traffic; and compensating for gusty winds. Which led to not completing the landing checklist. Then the aircraft landed; the prop struck the ground; and no injuries to anyone involved or airport property damage. We performed the emergency shutdown and waited for personal to arrive. The preventive measure that should have been taken was confirming the checklist and final call out that the gear was down and locked by both pilots.

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