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Late last year the FAA issued <a href="https://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2015/InFO15016.pdf">InFO 15016</a> to helicopter operators on the topic of running landings, and specifically the hazards of doing them on runways with embedded lighting. On May 7 last year a Bell LongRanger contacted the recessed centerline lights in a paved runway while its pilot was practicing running landings, causing damage to the skids.
The InFO points out that each element of the mishap conformed with the necessary approvals: ATC had authorized it, it was conducted within operational standards and the centerline lighting was FAA approved. The onus is therefore on pilots to prevent a recurrence, and to that end the agency advises operators to avoid doing running landings on runways with embedded lighting. If that is not possible (perhaps the pilot needs to make a running landing to a lighted runway for safety reasons), the FAA urges pilots to land offset to the left or right of the centerline, beyond the touchdown zone lights and away from high-speed taxiway centerline lights so as to avoid contacting any of the embedded lighting in a runway.
All runways equipped with centerline lights are at least 150 feet wide, and touchdown-zone lights occupy the first 3,000 feet of runway beyond the threshold or half the runway length on runways that are less than 6,000 feet long.

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