PLT RPT; SF340; FOD-MSP. 1 CONTINUOUS DUTY PERIOD. CABIN ATTENDANT HAD DIABETIC SHOCK; CREW TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL AT NIGHT; CREATING CREW FATIGUE; RESULT: PLT FORGOT TO CONTACT MSP TWR AT 5 NM FOR FINAL.

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ON JUN/XA/00; OUR CREW BEGAN A 'HIGH SPD;' WHICH IS A CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT TRIP. OUR TRIP PATTERN CALLED FOR US TO FLY FROM MSP TO MASON CITY; THEN ON TO FORT DODGE; IA. AT THAT TIME; WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE HOTEL FOR SOME REST. HOWEVER; WE ARE STILL ON DUTY. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO DEPART AT XA00 BACK TO MASON CITY; IA; THEN ON TO MSP. AT THIS TIME; WE WERE SCHEDULED TO GO OFF DUTY IN MSP. THE PROB ON THIS TRIP BEGAN WHEN WE ARRIVED IN FT DODGE; IA. THE CAPT AND I NOTICED ON THE WAY TO THE HOTEL THAT THE FLT ATTENDANT BEGAN TO ACT STRANGELY. BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL; THE FLT ATTENDANT HAD BECOME DISORIENTED; CONFUSED; AND BASICALLY SHOWED THE SIGNS OF AN INTOXICATED PERSON. THE CAPT AND I DECIDED THE FLT ATTENDANT NEEDED TO GO TO A HOSPITAL. THE FLT ATTENDANT; ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL; PASSED OUT IN THE CAR. AT THE HOSPITAL; THE DOCTORS TOOK THE FLT ATTENDANT AND INFORMED US THAT HE HAD SIGNS OF A DIABETIC SHOCK. THIS WAS INDEED THE CASE; AS THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS A DIABETIC (NEITHER THE CAPT NOR I WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS A DIABETIC). BY THE TIME THE FLT ATTENDANT BEGAN TO OVERCOME HIS SHOCK AND THE CAPT AND I TALKED TO OUR COMPANY; IT HAD BECOME QUITE LATE (APPROX XB00). IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE FLT ATTENDANT WOULD BE OK AND WOULD BE DISMISSED FROM THE HOSPITAL. WE ALL RETURNED TO THE HOTEL; WHICH WAS APPROX XC30. THE COMPANY DECIDED TO HAVE THE FLT ATTENDANT STAY AT THE HOTEL TO RECOVER AND THE CAPT AND I WOULD FERRY THE ACFT BACK TO MSP AT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME AT XA00. THE CAPT AND I GOT TO OUR ROOMS AT APPROX XE00-XF00 AND SCHEDULED OUR WAKE-UP CALLS AT XD00 TO MAKE OUR XA00 DEP TO MSP. OBVIOUSLY; WE WERE FATIGUED ON OUR XA00 DEP TO MSP. WE ONLY HAD 2 - 2 1/2 HRS SLEEP. THE FLT TO MSP WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PROB AROSE ON OUR ARR TO MSP. WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH FOR RWY 30R. WE WERE INFORMED BY THE APCH CTLR TO CONTACT THE CTL TWR ON A 5 MI FINAL. WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH ON APPROX A 10 MI L BASE TO FINAL. AT THE 5 MI POINT WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED THE TWR FOR CLRNC TO LAND; WE NEGLECTED THIS NORMAL PROC UNKNOWINGLY. THERE WERE NO ACFT WAITING TO DEPART ON OUR LNDG. WE TAXIED THE ACFT OFF THE RWY AND WHILE I WAS SWITCHING TO GND CTL; I REALIZED THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED CLRNC TO LAND (WE NEVER SWITCHED TO TWR). THE GND CTLR TOLD US TO TAXI TO THE GATE; GIVING NO INDICATION TO CALL THE TWR FOR THE FACT THAT WE LANDED WITHOUT A CLRNC. AS THE FO ON THIS FLT; I FELT IT NECESSARY TO SEND IN THIS FORM FOR THIS REASON -- OF NOT BEING CLRED TO LAND AND; BASICALLY; BECAUSE WE FORGOT TO CONTACT THE TWR. I BELIEVE THAT THE CAPT AND I FORGOT BECAUSE WE WERE QUITE FATIGUED; AND BY THE FACT WE HAD SOME TIME TO FORGET FROM WHEN WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL AND TOLD TO CONTACT THE TWR ON A 10 MI FINAL AND WHEN WE WERE ON A 5 MI FINAL. I ATTRIBUTE FATIGUE TO THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T PERFORM A NORMAL PROC IN OBTAINING CLRNC TO LAND.