A VFR pilot reported observing a parachutist near and below him.

Attributes
ACN	1666710
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FWN.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal

Narrative:

Flying home to ZZZ near fwn airport. At 3;500 feet noticed a single parachute off my right wing about a 500 feet below me. No warning that fwn was conducting parachute activity; no tfr or special marking surrounding the airport. Was squawking 1200 about xx miles from ZZZ and I got a call from [TRACON]. Asking me where I was intending to land. Nothing further. Later given a squawk and landed; no further contact with ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A VFR pilot reported observing a parachutist near and below him.

Narrative: Flying home to ZZZ near FWN airport. At 3;500 feet noticed a single parachute off my right wing about a 500 feet below me. No warning that FWN was conducting parachute activity; no TFR or special marking surrounding the airport. Was squawking 1200 about XX miles from ZZZ and I got a call from [TRACON]. Asking me where I was intending to land. Nothing further. Later given a squawk and landed; no further contact with ATC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.