A C210 DSNDS INTO THE PDX AREA WITH ITS ENG STARVED FOR FUEL. PLT IS ABLE TO RESTART ENG BUT BECOMES VERY CONFUSED OVER FLYING THE REST OF THE APCH AS WRONG RADIO TUNING IS A CONSTANT ACTION.

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UPON ARR OVER EUGENE; OR; FROM FRESNO; CA; AT 10000 FT. I ASKED FOR AN IFR CLRNC THROUGH A LAYER OF CLOUDS TO VFR BELOW. I WAS CLRED TO 2500 FT. AFTER REACHING MY ASSIGNED ALT; I FOUND CONDITIONS NOT AS RPTED. STILL IN SOME FOG AND HAZE I ASKED FOR A CLRNC BACK TO RADAR COVERAGE AT 4000 FT. CTR THEN VECTORED ME TO THE DME APCH AT AURORA ARPT (3S2). 8 MI FROM AURORA THE ENG IN OUR C210 STOPPED BECAUSE OF FUEL STARVATION; ONLY 3000 FT AGL IN IMC. I DECLARED AN EMER ENG OUT. I SWITCHED TANKS AND RESTARTED. I WAS; TO SAY THE LEAST; UPSET AND SCARED. CLBING BACK UP TO 4000 FT; I ASKED AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO PDX. ACCORDING TO THE ATIS INFO RPT AT PDX ILS RWY 10R WAS IN USE. I PULLED UP TO THE CHART FOR RWY 10R AND STARTED TO READ IT WHEN PDX CLRED ME FOR THE APCH. PDX HAD CLRED ME FOR RWY 10L. I BEGAN THE APCH WITH ALL THE WRONG NUMBERS IN THE RADIOS. PDX QUESTIONED ME. I REALIZED MY MISTAKE TOO LATE AND CONFESSED. PDX SAID OK RWY 10R WILL WORK. STILL SHOOK-UP FROM THE ENG OUT; AND STILL IMC WHEN APCH CLRED ME FOR THE TWR FREQ; I MISTAKENLY TURNED THE WRONG KNOB ON THE RADIO. LOSING THE LOC TO RWY 10R; I WAS FRANTIC. I THOUGHT I HAD OVERFLOWN THE RWY. TURNING L AND DECLARING MISSED THE PDX TWR ASKED ME REPEATEDLY IF I HAD A VISUAL ON THE ARPT. I REDIALED THE RADIO AS WE BROKE OUT AND DISCOVERED THE ARPT TO MY R ABOUT 1/2 MI. TURNING BACK ON COURSE WE LANDED VFR. I KNOW I BROKE A REG ON THE APCH TO PDX. BUT CONSIDERING THE PROBS I HAD PREVIOUS; I'M DAMN LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I KNOW IT WAS A COMBINATION OF FATIGUE; STRESS; AND UNFAMILIAR CHARTS.