While I suspect that your request of the airline for compensation may be greeted with guffaws and you being sent a nice preprinted "We're sorry" letter, seeking legal remedy/recompense from Fort Smith may be even more fruitless.

FSM looks to be a municipal airport and even in Arkansas, municipalities are likely to be protected by some level of sovereign immunity which protects them from liability unless negligence (in some states, gross negligence) can be established.

"TS" cards are available for moments like this....