C172R STUDENT; WITH INSTRUCTOR; ON AN INST PROGRESS CHK FLT; TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO STOP THE ACFT DURING LNDG ROLL TO MISS RUNNING OVER A MIL ACFT RWY ARRESTING CABLE.

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I WAS FLYING INTO BATTLE CREEK ARPT; FINISHING A PROGRESS CHK TOWARDS MY INST RATING WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. DURING OUR APCH AND AFTER WE WERE CLRED TO ENTER A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 23; THE CTLR DECIDED TO SWITCH RWYS FOR ANOTHER APCHING ACFT. MY INSTRUCTOR CALLED THE TWR TO ASK FOR A FURTHER CLRNC. THE CTLR CLRED US TO ENTER A R BASE FOR RWY 5. MY INSTRUCTOR AND I BOTH WERE AWARE OF THE NOTAM THAT THE SW 2000 FT OF RWY 23 WAS CLOSED DUE TO AN ARRESTING CABLE FOR F16'S. HOWEVER; IN THE PAST; THE CABLE WAS REMOVED WHEN RWY 5 WAS ACTIVE. OTHERWISE; WE ASSUMED THE CTLR ONLY WOULD HAVE CLRED US TO LAND AFTER THAT POINT. AS WE TURNED BASE; WE SAW A MOONEY APCHING OUR PATH AND MY INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR A FURTHER CLRNC. AT THAT TIME; THE CTLR CLRED US TO LAND. BECAUSE OF THE SPD OF THE MOONEY; THAT ACFT HAD TO CIRCLE AND LAND RWY 23. I TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 100 FT PAST THE NUMBERS ON RWY 5; AND ABOUT 500 FT SHORT OF THE CABLE; MY INSTRUCTOR NOTICED IT WAS STILL IN PLACE AND WE APPLIED HVY BRAKING TO AVOID DAMAGE TO OUR LNDG GEAR. MY INSTRUCTOR CALLED THE TWR AND THE CTLR REPLIED; 'OH YEAH; SORRY; I FORGOT.' THEN; HE CHANGED RWYS AGAIN TO RWY 23; BUT CLAIMED IT WAS DUE TO WIND. THIS OCCURRENCE MAY HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THERE WAS MORE COM BTWN THE CTLR AND OUR ACFT. ALSO; I LEARNED THAT IT IS NEVER SAFE TO ASSUME ANYTHING; NO MATTER HOW ELEMENTARY IT MAY SEEM.