The video angles are out now for the crash. But they have made me curious. Maybe someone here with chute experience can enlighten us. When I have flown powered parachutes, the chute is free to move around and re-inflate if needed after a big gust or over control by the pilot. I see on the Maverick, they have installed some kind of pole to hold up the chute. I would suppose it flexes... BUT.... could it contribute to a collapsed chute under certain conditions? I know they have identified aft CG and knotted lines as factors... but that pole just doesn't look good to me. I remember when checking out, you can't tow most chutes behind a vehicle... as they can get into lockout without warning. The chute ends up under you and it is all over.
Anyone care to offer theories.
And I am sure most of America is still saving up for that flying car we have all dreamed about for years.... RIGHT.

I've flown powered parachutes since 2007. I personally don't think the pole would be at play here. There is a fellow named Steve Raklovitz that has done much experimentation on using the pole, the only reason it is there is to allow taxi with the chute off the ground (and a bit shorter takeoff). The poles are quite flexible.

Knots or being far out of CG would be a much bigger problem. Changing your wing shape via knots or tangles in the line is not cool and makes you a test pilot of a really crappy wing. Knots, tangles, and mis-rigging has caused plenty of crashes. The first thing you learn is to check your lines as you are on takeoff roll before you leave the ground.

I would really doubt a wing collapse unless a tangle had something to do with wing inflation. Wing collapses are pretty much unheard of on PPCs. They are more common on paragliders, but their wing loading is much less than PPCs. The Maverick has a pretty high wing loading, much more than PPCs and wing collapse would not be a concern under normal circumstance.

a bit more detail from Avweb

AVweb's Russ Niles was scheduled to fly next in the Maverick and witnessed the crash sequence, but not the actual impact.

Niles said the aircraft had just turned base to return to the airport to pick him up when the fabric wing seemed to get a little ahead of the chassis. "It, for lack of a better description, spun about a revolution and a half before dropping quickly out of view," he said. "I heard the engine go to full power and then an impact noise." The car part tore through the chain-link fence that surrounds the school playing field and came to rest in a thicket of trees next to a creek. Witnesses said the occupants got out of the wreckage themselves and did not appear to be seriously injured. Investigators will have video footage from two onboard cameras and data from a flight data recorder to study in their review of the crash. The Maverick is built in Florida but Seibring is from Kelowna, B.C., about 30 miles south of Vernon, and was flying it on a temporary permit from Transport Canada.

Crash is about 3:10 in the video