MLG ACR FLC LANDS ACFT WITHOUT CLRNC AT BDL. FLC CITES FATIGUE AS A FACTOR DURING THIS LATE NIGHT ARR.

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FLT WAS CLRED FOR ILS RWY 6 AT BDL ON AUG/XX/97 AT APPROX PM35. ATIS WAS BROADCASTING 1 1/2 MI BROKEN AND FEW CLOUDS AT 800 FT. WE TURNED FINAL AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING CLRNC FOR THE APCH. THE LEAD-IN LIGHTS WERE VISIBLE 8-10 MI OUT. THE PLANE WAS CONFIGURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOP AND WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON CLRING RWY 6; I (THE FO) ASKED TWR IF THEY WANTED US TO SWITCH TO GND FREQ AND HEARD APCH COME UP SAYING WE WERE ON HIS FREQ. I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED WE WERE NOT ON TWR FREQ AND WE HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN CLRNC TO LAND! I BELIEVE THERE WERE A FEW CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INVOLVED. FIRST; APCH FAILED TO HAND US OVER TO TWR. SECOND; TWR DIDN'T ATTEMPT TO CONTACT US. THIRD; I FAILED TO MAKE THE SWITCH TO TWR OR QUERY APCH FOR THE SWITCH. FOURTH; WITH SO RUNNING THE CHKLIST WITH HIS CHALLENGE; MY RESPONSE; WE MAY HAVE MISSED THE HDOF. FIFTH; CREW FATIGUE PLAYED A ROLE. WE RPTED AT AM55 AND LANDED AT BDL PM50 (11 HRS) ON OUR THIRD LEG OF THE DAY AT NIGHT. IN THE BRIEF THE CAPT STATED HE GOT UP AT EARLY AM30 TO COMMUTE TO SFO FROM PDX FOR THE TRIP THAT MORNING. ON THE SECOND LEG OF THE DAY HE TOOK A CAT NAP TO REST UP A LITTLE. AT THE '1000 FT INSTS XCHKED' CALL MADE BY ME (PNF) THE CAPT (PF) SHOULD MAKE A 'CLRED TO LAND' CALL OR 'NOT CLRED.' I; AND THE SO; DO NOT REMEMBER HEARING THAT CALL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 376328: I THEN CALLED THE TWR CAB FROM THE JETWAY PHONE TO QUESTION THE LNDG CLRNC AND WAS TOLD WE DID HAVE A CLRNC TO LAND. THIS WAS A LONG DAY OF FLYING FROM SFO TO YYR TO ORD AND ON TO BDL. WE HAD TSTMS ON ARR TO ORD AND AGAIN ON DEP TO BAL. IT WAS A LATE NIGHT ARR TO BAL WITH WX RPTED AS 1.25 MI AND DRIZZLE. I THOUGHT WE HAD A LNDG CLRNC; BUT WAS NOT COMPLETELY SURE. FATIGUE MAY HAVE HAD AN INFLUENCE.